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WNTAIN^XG  A  GENEALOGICAL    RECORD  OF    ALL  THE  EARLY  FAM- 
ILIES OF  ANCIENT  WINDHAM,  EMBRACING  THE  PRESENT 
TOWNS  OF  WJNDHAJI,  M.VNSFIELD,  HAMPTON, 
CHAPLIN    AND    SCOTLAND. 


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.1.864.  ^iFortunately    Weaver's  .es      on 

hdham    families      (a      •      j      scarce 

(nphlet)   stops  at  the  Bingham  fam- 

<   as   he   was   unable   to   go   any   fur- 

'^r-    The  Wood  family  of  eastern  Con- 

jCticut  is  a  mysterious  as  the  Woods 

..    western    C^onnecticut,    Long     Island 

'.  :nd  New  Jersey,  and  we  would  give  a 

ood  deal  to  straighten  it  all  out. — [Ed. 


T^zrf-zre-^f^^^ 


TO  THE  READER. 


Most  of  the  genealogies  herewith  published  appeared  in  the  Williman- 
tic  Journal  in  1862  and  1863.  They  have  been  re-arranged,  carefullj 
revised  and  corrected,  and  contain  much  additional  matter.  The/  con- 
stitute a  portion  of  the  History  of  Windham,  which  the  compiler  has  been 
many  years  in  collectins  and  arranging.  The  entire  work  would  proba- 
bly have  been  given  to  the  public  before  this,  had  not  the  times  been  un- 
iavorable  for  such  enterprises,  and  the  writer  engaged  in  conducting  the 
Journal.  As  the  publication  of  the  History  is  necessarily  postponed — 
perhaps  indefinitely — it  was  decided  to  publish  an  abstract  of  the  gene- 
alogies, which  were  commenced  in  the  Willimantic  Journal  Ociober 
10th,  1862,  and  have  been  continued  since.  As  some  des'red  these  rec- 
ords in  a  more  permanent  form,  we  concluded  to  publish  one  installment 
of  them  in  pamphlet,  as  an  experiment.  Should  this  moderate  ed'tion 
be  readily  disposed  of,  other  numbers  will  probably  follow,  and  perhaps 
the  entire  work  be  published  in  this  manner.  Otherwise  the  genealogies 
will  only  be  continued  in  the  Journal 

As  the  work  progressed  it  was  found  that  the  families  beginning  with 
B  could  not  all  be  included  without  so  increasing  the  size  o^  the  pam- 
phlet that  it  would  be  necessary  to  raise  the  price.  As  most  persona 
would  purchase  the  work  on  account  of  their  own  family,  it  was  thought 
they  would  rather  pay  fifty  cents  for  the  portion  that  coniained  their 
•wn  genealogy,  than  a  dollar  for  it  with  the  additional  families  in  which 
they  were  not  directly  interested. 

This  part  carries  the  genealogies  to  the  Bingham  far-Jy.  Very  exten- 
ftire  and  valuable  additions  have  been  made  to  the  Bingham  genealogy, 
principally  through  the  efforts  of  D.  H.  Bingham,  Esq.,  of  Washington, 
P.  C.    Further  additions  are  solicited.    Although  we  do  net  give  all  the 


TV  TO    THE    READKR. 

families  promised,  we  give  more  matter  and  a  larger  pamphlet  than  we 
can  well  afford  for  tlie  price.  As  we  could  not  include  all  without  loss 
to  ourselves  we  trust  this  will  be  satisfactory. 

These  genealogies  are  of  course  incomplete.  The  principal  object  has 
been  to  give  all  the  records  found  in  the  town  of  every  family  named.  In 
regard  to  the  more  numerous  families  we  have  endeavored  to  trace  them 
back  to  their  earliest  ancestors  in  this  country  ;  and,  in  addition,  have 
given  much  information  respecting  the  later  generations,  obtained  from  pri- 
vate sources.  Altogether,  it  is  believed  that  these  facts  and  records  will 
materially  aid  those  who  desire  to  further  trace  their  families,  and  con- 
struct more  perfect  genealogies. 

We  do  not  suppose  the  work  is  free  from  ei'rors.  We  have  examined 
many  genealogical  works,  and  have  discovered  errors  in  them  all.  Errors 
in  copying  early  records,  errors  in  deciphering  manuscripts  and  letters, 
and  typographical  errors,  with  the  utmost  care  and  vigilance,  will  creep 
in.  But  it  is  hoped  that  they  will  neither  be  found  so  numerous  or  im- 
portant as  to  materially  lessen  the  value  of  the  work.  All  we  can  say 
is,  that  we  have  labored  hard,  spent  much  time,  and  taken  great  pains  to 
have  the  work  accurate  and  reliable.  We  much  regret  the  delay  in  is- 
suing this  number ;  but,  as  it  has  been  unavoidable,  we  trust  the  sub^- 
8cribers  will  excuse  it. 

PLAN. 

We  have  arranged  the  genealogies  on  a  simple  plan,  and,  to  save  space, 
have  dispensed  with  some  of  the  accessories  usually  employed.  It  is  not 
the  best  plan  for  a  complete  genealogy,  but  for  these  partial  records'  we 
think  it  answers  very  well.  The  family  names  are  given  in  alphabetical 
order. 

We  only  number  the  sons  whose  families  follow  in  genealogical  order. 
For  instance,  take  the  Arnold  family,  on  page  42.  John  Arnold,  the 
settler,  is  numbered  1,  as  we  can  trace  the  family  back  no  farther.  John, 
being  probably  the  oldest  son,  has  a  family  to  follow,  and  is  numbered  (2). 
Samuel,  the  next  son,  we  find  no  account  of,  and  is  not  numbered.  Bow- 
let/''s  birth  and  marriage  are  given,  but  as  he  had  no  children  recorded, 
and  left  the  country,  we  say  nothing  more  of  him.  We  give  all  we  find 
oi  Stephen,  but  as  he  early  disappears  he  needs  no  number,  the  birth  of 
his  son  being  included  under  the  head  ot  his  father's  family.    Mary  mar- 


TO    THE    r.EXIlER.  V 

ried  John  Angell,  and  tbat  is  all  we  say  in  regard  to  her.  as  it  woul  i' 
in  most  cases,  be  a  repetition  to  give  the  records  in  the  female  line. 
Robert,  the  next  son,  having  a  family,  is  numbered  (3),  and  his  record 
follows  after  that  of  John.  The  names  of  the  children  are  in  italics,  with 
the  numbers  of  those  numbered  in  parentheses,  thus :  (2)  Joh7i.  But 
when  the  family  of  John  is  to  be  given,  the  number  is  placed  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  paragraph  with  the  name  following  in  smai.l  CAPixAt-s.,  thus  : 

2.  John. 
If  the  marriage  of  one  of  the  children  is  given  under  the  head  of  the 
family  (as  is  sometimes  the  case),  the  names  of  his  children  (being  of  a 
later  generation)  are  given  in  the  ordinary  Roman  letter.  By  bearing 
^u  mind  that  the  numbers  are  applied  only  to  those  who  have  families 
that  follow  in  regular  genealogical  order,  the  plan  will  be  r^eadily  un- 
derstood. 

ABBREVIATIONS. 

We  use  b.  for  born,  m,  for  married,  d.  for  died,  chil.  for  child  of  child- 
ren, dau.  for  daughter,  and  other  abbreviations,  such  as  the  names  of  the 
months,  &c.,  which  need  no  explanation. 

OLD  AND  NEW  STYLE. 

In  1752,  by  act  of  Parliarnent,  the  New  Style,  so-called,  was  adopted. 
Eleven  days  were  stricken  from  September,  calling  the  3d  the  14th,  and 
beginning  the  year  on  the  1st  day  of  January  instead  of  the  25th  of 
March,  as  in  Old  Style.  Some  nations  had  changed  to  New  Style  before 
1752,  and  this  will  explain  dorihle  dating,  often  noticed  in  records  made 
before  that  time.  Thus  :  Feb.  8,  1720-21,  for  Feb.  8,  1721.  The  latter 
is  the  true  year  as  we  now  reckon.  These  double  dates  only  occur  be- 
tween January  1st  and  March  25th,  before  1752.  Double  dating  was  not 
Biuch  practiced  before  the  year  1700. 

We  give  the  lecords  as  copied  from  the  original,  and  the  reader  will 
bear  in  mind  that  the  dates  before  1752  are  in  Old  Style,  and  those  since 
in  New  Style. 

INDEXES. 

Besides  the  Table  of  Contents,  we  give  an  index  to  the  wives,  and  also 
one  to  the  husbands  of  the  widows  and  daughters.    These  will  enable 


VI  TO    THE    READE«. 

any  one  to  readily  trace  the  intermarriages  and  lind  the  names  of  botb 
tlie  males  and  females  connected  with  the  families  given.  We  add  an 
index  to  some  other  names  incidentally  mentioned. 

To  the  many  friends  who  have  kindly  aided  us,  we  render  our  mo^t 
grateful  and  hearty  thanks. 

AViLi.iMANTir,  July  1,  1864. 


CONTENTS. 


ABBE, 

JOHN  SEN.,  OF  WENHAM,      -  ♦  .  . 

.JOHN  THE  WINDHAM  SKTTI  ER. 

SAMUEL.  THE  WINDHAM  SETTLER, 

THOMAS,  THE  ENFiELD  SETTLER. 

ABBOTT, 

ADAMS,  - 

AGARO,         ....... 

ALLEN, 

JOSHUA.    -         ♦  .  .  .  ,  . 

WILLIAM.     -  .  ...... 

SAMUEL    OFDRAINTREE.  .... 

TIMO-  HY,  OF  NORWICH,  WINDHAM  AND  MANSFIELD. 

JOt:EPH.  OF  WINDHAM,  (SCOTLAND).      - 

JAMES,  -  -  -  ... 

ALLEUTO.\,  -  -  -  -  - 

AMES,      -♦...-. 
ANDEdSON,  ...... 

ANDREWS,        -..--. 

ARMSTRO.Va 

ARNOLD,  -.-.-. 

ASHLEY,      -.-.--- 
ASPEN  WALL,    ....-- 

ATWUOD, 

AUSTIN,  ...... 

AVERILL, 

BABOOCK, 

JONATHAN  ... 

JAMES,      .,-... 
BACKUS, 

WILLIAM,   .... 

JOHN,   .      •     .                  ... 
BADGER,     -            -                        .... 
BAKER, 


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DANIEL;      .  .•  .  .  ....      71 

nALLARI),    -----.--       7.:> 

J!  A  UK  Ell,  --..---  73 

ii  ARROWS, 74,104 

KOBERT.  .....  .  .74 

ROBERT,  TIIK  MANSl'IKLT)  SETTLER.      .  .  .  .74 

T1I0M.\S.  tup:  MANSFIELD  SETTLER,  .  .  .  .      83 

SYLVENL'S,  (WINDHAM),      .  .  ...  .  88 

BASS,  -  - -       90 

IIASSRTT,  .......  93 

iJEAL'.MOXT,  -  -  -  -  -  -  .104 

BEMTS,    -  -  -  -  ...  .  04 

BENNETT, 94 

WILLIAM      .  .  .  .  .  .  .     94 

NATHANIEL,      ...  ,  ....     ifo 

BIBB  INS,  .--.-..  9rt 

BIDLACK, 99 

BILL,       -  -  -  .  -  .  .       '      .  102 

BILLINGS,  -  -       '     -  -  -  .  .  -     103 


HISTORY  OF  ANCIENT  WINDHAM. 

GENEALOGY. 


ABBE. 

The  name  is  varioiisly  written,  thus  :  Abba,  Abbe,  AbB£E,  Abbey,  AsrT, 
Abbie,  Abie,  Abbeve,  Abbv. 

Abdv*  and  ALBvf,  witli  their  variations  in  spelling,  are  different  names, 
though  perhaps  sometimes  used  interchangeably  with  Abbe. 

Abby  or  Abbey  is  considered 'the  correct  method  of  spelling  the  name, 
and  some  of  the  descendants  of  the  Enfield  family  write  it  thus;  but  the 
Windham  family  have,  from  t!ie  first,  written  it  Abbe.  The  name  is  an 
ancient  one,  and  appears  to  be  identical  with  that  applied  to  monasteries 
It  is  found  in  EngiishJ  and  French!!  works,  relating  to  the  nobility  and 
to  heraldry.     Abbe  coat  of  arms  : 

Gules,  (rf.l)  five  tusils  in  fesse  hetvreen  thr^je  scallop  shells.  Argent  (white) 
Cre.st.  On  a  wreath  of  the  colors  of  the  shield,  (which  are  red  and  white,)  an 
eagle's  head,  erased  (torn  off),  col.,  gold. 

Motto — Confida  Conquesco. 

Tlie  tVsse  is  a  belt  of  honor,  given  for  participating  in  a  victory  gained  in  the 
field  ;  the  scallop  shells  vveve  given  to  thojo  who  had  made  a  pilgrimage  to  the 
Holy  Land. 

[The  above  wa?  famished  Hon.  S.  C  Fessenden  by  an  English  friend.  Of 
course  it  is  not  known  that  it  belongs  to  the  Amei'ican  family,  or  that  they  are 
authorized  to  use  it.] 

It  is  probable  that  tlie  first  settler  or  settlers  in  this  country  came 
from  England — one  tradition  says  Norwich —  and  the  early  names  would 

*  Matthew  Abdy,  Boston,  came  in  the  Abigail,  1633.  from  London,  and  was 
a  fisherman.  His  son  M  ittiiew  followed  the  same  trade,  and  was  so  i^oorthat 
liis  petty  bequests  were  the  siihjent  of  a  humorous  poem,  by  Rev.  John  Sec- 
combe,  entitled  ■•  Father  Abby's  Will." 

t  A  Benmamix  Alby  was  of  Bn.intree,  1641.  freeman.  May  18,  1642,  and  Jonir 
Alby.  of  Salem.  1637.  freeman  May  10.  1643;  d.  1690.  It  is  possible  that  the 
last  was  the  same  with  John  Abbe,  sen.,  of  Wenham. 

I  Burks  Gereral  Armonj,  contains  the  coats  of  arms  of  Albey,  Abbisp.  Ab- 
EES,  Abbh.  (A^o/ybZ,t),  Abry  Abys,  {Djrbjshire).  Hi  Sims' /< ,  to  (he  Fedigrees, 
die,  is.  Abbis.  (Bedfordshire). 

II  Jouffrey,  Dictionaire  de  la  X'oblessc.     L  Abbe  en  Bretagne,  du  clos   en  Bre- 
tagne.  de  coursey  en  Lorraine  ;  Abbe  en  Champagne,  en  Normandie  ;   Abbey 
de  la  Roque  en  Normandie. 
2 


10  HISTORY   OF    AJJCIENT   WINDHAM. 

indicate  tbe  county  of  Xorfolk*  as  their  pla?e  of  origin  ;  but  nothing  is 
known  on  the  Fubject. 

The  Abbes  (John  and  Samuel)  were  among  the  very  early  settlers  of 
Windham,and  the  name  has  been  a  somewhat  prominent,  influential  and  re- 
spected one  in  the  history  of  the  town.  Through  the  male  and  female 
branches,  the  blood  has  been  widely  dis.-^erainated,  and  is  diffused  through 
almost  the  entire  range  of  Windham  families. 

JOHN  ABBE,  SEX.,  OF  WENHAM. 

1.  John  Aebe,  of  Wcnham,  was,  without  doubt,the  common  ancestor 
of  the  Windham  and  Enfield  Abbes,  as  we  shall  endeavor  to  show. 

At  what  time  he  came  over  is  not  known.  Jo:  Abb3%  aged  22,  wa» 
a  passenger  to  Virginia  in  the  ship  Boneventura,  1635,  but  as  .Jo:  in  other 
cases  is  used  as  an  abbreviation  of  Joseph,  and  not  John,  and  as  the  des- 
tination was  Virginia,  it  is  not  very  probable  that  this  was  John  Ab- 
be, the  Salem  and  Wenham  settler. 

John  Abbe  was  '-received  for  an  inhabitant,"  of  Salem,  "ye  second  of 
ye  11th  mo.  1G3G,"  (Jan.  1037,)  "and  is  to  have  one  acre  lott  for  an 
bouse  next  be^-ond  ye  gunsmiths  and  3  acres  of  plantingground  where  ye 
town  hath  appoynted  beyond  Castle  Hill."  On  t'.ie  "  23of  yell  mouthe 
1642,  Granted  to  John  Abby  10  acres  nere  to  brother  Kings.' 

The  above  are  from  Salem  Bock  of  Grants.  The  last  grant  immedi- 
ately follows  others  in  Enon,  now  Wenham. 

"  Brother  King,"  named  above,  had  his  portion  at  the  "head  of  Bass 
Riuer,"  in  a  tract  supposed  to  belong  to  Enon  or  Wenham,  "nere  by" 
which  was  John  Abby's  grant.  On  the  13,  6  mo.  1G43,  "agreed  that 
John  Abby  shall  have  all  thatwaist  ground  which  lyeth  between  3'e  end  of 
ye  lott  which  M|||iues  upon  on  ye  meadow  which  belongs  to  ye  town. .  Leav- 
ing a  poles  bredth  most  convenient  far  a  highwa3^"  [Wenham  Town  Rec.J 
This  is  believed  tobe  the  first  mention  of  -John  Abbe  in  Wenham  rec- 
ords. In  1G57  and  1G59,  -John  Abby's  minister  rates  are  stated  in 
Wenham  town  records.  "Granted  to  John  Abbey,  sen.,  and  Edward 
Waldron,"  land,  &c.,  in  Wenham,  6,  11  mo.  16G1.     This  is  the  first  time 


*  In  An  Easay  toward  a  TopoqrapMcal  Hiatorii  of  the  CouvUj  of  Norfolk,  dtc, 
[Ens'.]  by  Francis  Blonicfiold.  '[Ist  ed.  was  in  "l736.]  2d  ed..  London.  1805.  Vol, 
I.,  p.  203.  Hundred  of  Dickleburgh.  Jlantelake  s  JManor,  wo  hnve  the  fol- 
lowing: "  I  know  nothing  more  of  it  till  the  lotli  century;  and  then  Thomas 
Abbes  held  it  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  as  ofliis  manor  of  Forncet." 

VoL  VI..  p.  442.  Hundred  of  lUixton.  [Among  the  Vicars  of  Buxton  is}. 
James  Aeees.  1422;  he  resigned  1455;  [footno.e]  ••  ,Jon\  Abbes. of  Buxton,  senr., 
buried  in  1505  in  the  church  yard  and  gave  an  altar  i  loth  to  our  Lady's  altar 
in  the  church,  and  to  every  "saint  graven  i.i  the  chuich.  a  wax  candle  to  be 
burned  at  the  mass  of  my  burial,  aild  a  legacy  to  St.  John's  gild.  The  Abbea 
were  an  ancient  family  here." 

Vol.  VI..  p.  445.  Hundred  of  Buxton.  JIanor  of  Laveshagh.  "  About  1480, 
John  Abets,  senior,  was  lord,  and  after  liim  Tho:mas.  Ins  son."  &c. 

The  names  above  at  least  are  suggestive.  iMrs  S.  C.  I-essendeu,  of  RocldaBd 
Me.,a  descendant,  says.  "The  family  of  Abbe  arc  originally  from  the  county  of 
Chester,  England."  'This  is  probably  family  tradition. 


GENEALOGY.  11 

Jobn  Abby  is  called  sen.,  and  probably  Lis  son  John  had  then  become  of 
legal  age.     In  1600  John  Abbey,  sen.,  was  constable  of  "Wenham. 

In  the  Essex  Registrj'  of  Deeds,  under  date  of  JMarch  £9,  1G75,  is  tho 
following  :  "  I  John  Abbey  senr.  of  ye  town  of  Vv'enham, . .  do  by  these 
presents  confirm  unto  mj'  son  Samuel  Abbe}',  ten  acres  of  land  lying  with- 
in his  field  bounded  by  ye  above  John  Abbe)-,  his  meadow,  .  ..  south  by 
goodman  Waldron,  his  land,.  ..  and  so  much  land  as  to  set  his  frame  or 
house  upon  ouer  and  aboueye  ten  acres  above  named, . .  in  case  said  Sam- 
uel shall  sell  or  lease  said  land,  he  shall  lett  his  father  or  brethren  have 
je  Refusall.     Wit.  Thomas  x  Abby.  John  x  Abb)',  Mary  Alby."' 

We  give  below  "  .John  Abbey's  Disposalc  of  his  estate,"  in  1683,  which 
in  the  account  published  in  the  Journal,  was  called  a  will. 

Know  all  men  By  these  presents  That  I  John  Abbey  (Senjr)  of  wenham  in 
the  County  of  Essex  being  sensible  of  my  ovvne  and  my  wives  ina)  ility  to  carry 
on  my  affaires  So  as  to  j  i-ouid  for  our  Comfortable  Liuel)hood  by  reason  of 
our  age  and  weaknese  of  Body  attending  us  by  reason  whereof 

Doe  make  choice  of  &  Request  my  Son  John  Abbey  as  my  fltiofe  in  trust  to 
take  into  his  liands  my  house  &  all  niy  Lands  in  ^venlj;ini  together  witli  tho 
right  I  have  in  that  Land  which  was  Soiiit'time  Richard  Uoldsmiths:  to  oc- 
quipie  &  improae  for  ntyn  and  liis  muttuall  Benitit  tjo  long  as  my  ^^if^*  <^  I 
or  uyther  of  us  shall  line  :  &  for  his  incouriagnient  to  maniage  my  allaires  as 
abonesaid  &  to  j  rouide  Comfortably  for  my  owne  &  my  wives  maintainance  I 
doe  iiereby  Giue  &  Bequeth  to  liiui  my  ail'oresaid  lleoifeall  my  houses  &  Lands 
flforever  exce})t  wt  I  doe  hereby  Giue  out  of  it  to  tliQ  rest  of  my  Children  viz 
Samuell  Sarah  Marah  Rebeca  oi;adia  &  Thomas  &  to  each  of  them  as  tioUow- 
*th  viz  to  Samuel  Ihaveing  alridy  Giuen  him  a  jirceil  ('f  Liaid  1  give  him  one 
shilling  more  &  to  all  the  rest  of  my  chiklren  abovementioned  viz  Sarah  ma- 
rah Rebeca  obadia  &  Thomas  ten  shillings  aj.iece  or  to  So  many  of  them  as 
shall  Siruiue  at  the  dtacease  of  u.v  Selfe  &  wife  :  &  in  Case  God  Shall  take 
awaye  my  Son  John  abovesaid  before  the  Decease  of  iny  selte  &  wife  if  his 
Heirs  shall  Continue  to  maniag  &  carry  on  my  affaires  as  my  abouesv.id  Ifeioffe 
ought  to  do  thi'U  they  Shall  have  the  houses  &  Lands  abouesaid  as  their  re- 
ward &  in  Confirmation  of  what  is  uboue  Avrittn  1  have  heri^ito  Set  to  my 
hand  &  Seale —  «^ 

^Signd  Seald  &  Delivered  agust  the  3  :  1633 
in    the  presence  of  his 

Thos  ffiske  Senr  John     X     Abbey  Senj 

martha  rfiske  marke 

John  Abbey  senjr  ded  acknowledg  this  writing  abone  writen  to  he  his  act 
&  deed  August  ye  3:  1G83  before  me  Samuel  apjjletou  Assistant. 

As  we  have  been  unable  to  find  the  first  marriage  of  John  Abbe,  sen., 
or  the  birth  or  baptism  of  any  of  his  children,  the  above  document  is 
very  important,  giving,  as  it  does,  the  names  of  Iiis  children  at  that  date. 
Mr.  Savage  says,  the  -Jolin  x\bby  of  Salem,  1637,  was  of  Reading  later,  and 
freeman,  May  7,  1685,  when  he  is  called  sen.  A  careful  search  of  the 
Reading  records  does  not  reveal  the  name  of  John  Abbe,  sen.,  or  anyone 
of  the  name.  The  name  is  the  fosiJ  on  the  list  of  Reading  names  of 
those  made  freemen,  according  to  the  Massachusetts  records,  and  tho 
ver)/  next  name  is  a  Wenham  one.  It  seems  probable  that  John  Abby, 
sen.,  should  have  commenced  the  Wenham  list  and  not  ended  that  of 
Reading*.     We  have  supposed  ^hat  it  might  have  been  John  the  son  who 

*  On  expressing  surprise  to  Mr.  Savage  that  John  Abbe,  sen.,  should  be  made 


12  HISTORY    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 

was  made  freeman,  May  7,  1G85,  and  that  the  sen.,  was  a  mistake.  It 
does  not  appear  that  John  Abb}',  sen.,  was  a  church  member;  and,  if  he 
was,  it  is  a  little  singular  that  he  should  become  a  freeman  at  so  late  a 
period  of  his  life  ;  while  his  son  -lohn  was  a  church  member,  and  there  is 
as  good  reason  whj'  he  should  have  been  made  a  freeman  as  his  brother 
Samuel,  who  became  one  in  1G80.*     Still  we  give  the  record  as  found. 

John  Abbe,  sen.,  had  certainly  two  wives.  Mary,  who  was  probably 
the  mother  of  his  children,  d.  Sept.  9,  1G72.  John  Abbiem.  Mary  Gold- 
smith Nov.  25,  1674.  We  are  inclined  to  believe  this  was  John  Abbe, 
sen.,  though  not  so  designated,  for  he  had  wife,  Mary,  INIarch  29,  1G75, 
who  signed  with  him  the  confirmation  of  grant  to  his  son  Samuel  at  that 
date.  Mary,  the  widow  of  Richard  Goldsmith,  who  was  killed  by  light- 
ning May  18,  1673,  mentioned  by  Increase  Mather  in  "  Remarkable  Prov- 
idences," was  executrix  of  her  husband's  will,  and  we  think  it  probable 
she  married  John  Abbe,  sen.,  as  above. 

John  Abbe,  sen.,  d.  at  Wenham  about  1690,  quite  advanced  in  years. 
If  he  was  21  in  1637,  (and  he  was  probably  older),  he  was  at  least  74  at 
his  death.  He  died  intestate,  notwithstanding  the  "  disposale,"  in  form 
and  substance  like  a  will,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  following  Inventory  of 
his  estate,  which  gives  some  additional  particulars  of  interest  and  proves 
conclusively  that  Thomas  Abbe,  then  of  Enfield,  was  the  son  of  John,  sen. : 

This  Inuen'ory  of  the  estate  of  John  Abei^  senor  formerly  of  Wenham  de- 
sesed  aoout  tliirteen  yers  since  intestate  we  wlios  nains  are  hereunto  sub- 
scribed on  this  twenty  fourth  of  fijbruary  in  tlie  j'earof  our  Lord  1702-3  did  at  the 
Request  of  thomas  Abee  one  of  the  sons  of  the  desesed  and  administrator  of 
his  fathers  ellect  or  hy  liis  order  valine  and  aprise  the  said  desesed  his  house 
and  land  in  wenham  on  whiehto  our  certin  knowleg  he  lived  for  many  yer."! 
and  dyed  seased  of  the  same  as  hisowne  estat  of  Inheritanc  as  we  euer  under- 
stod  we  being  his  nere  neighbors  for  many  vers  the  sayd  desesed  his  hom- 
stuad  being  about  twenty  and  three  acres  of  upland  and  medovv  together  with 
the  liousing  and  fences  ther  on  the  apertenances  ther  unto  belonging  tog.?ther 
with  liis  Rights  the  comou  all  which  we  valleued  at  ninety  and  two  pounds 
£92  00s  OJ(l  we  also  l^ing  Informed  tliat  the  s;iyd  desesed  in  his  lifetime  did 
to  acomodate  his  son  obadiah  acording  lo  his  desier  with  atrad  for  his  futer 
benifitt  when  the  sayd  oliadiali  was  eigliteen  yers  old  give  to  Ricliard  fiold- 
smith  three  yers  servitof  his  saia  son  obadiah  and  untill  he  was  one  and  twen- 
ty yers  ould  to  learn  him  to  be  a  shoemaker  and  all   the  sayd  time   liis  sayd 

a  freeman  in  16S3.  some  two  years  after  he  had  made  his  will,  (disposed  of 
his  estate)  and  was  then  quite  aged,  lie  replies  :  "  Such  is  the  record,  and  to 
the  suggestion,  that  two  years  earlier  he  had  made  ]iis  will.  I  must  beg  you  to 
remember,  that,  after  1631.  nobody  could  be  admitted  to  the  privilege,  unless 
he  were  ac/onr/i  member;  and  the  Jiumber  was  enunialhj  diminishing  ti^/bris 
the  tyrany  of  Andros,  so  that  when  his  yoke  was  broken  off  the  rtf?f  was  alter- 
ed in  1689.  and  Uiirty  or  forty  fold  more  came  in  to  sTear  the  freeman's  oath  in 
one  year."  We  do  not  find  that  John  Abby.  sen.  was  a  member  of  the  cliurch 
at  Salem  or  Wenham  either  befoie  or  after  1685  ;  still  it  is  possible  he  was  a 
member. 

*  Samitel  Abbv,  of  Wenham,  was  made  freeman  Oct.  13,  1680.  and  Sam- 
uel Abbie.  of  Salem  Village.  March  22.  1689-90.  Samuel  Abbe,  the  Windham 
settler,  was  at  Wenham  at  the  former  and  at  Salem  Village  at  the  latter  date. 
His  son  Samuel  was  not  then  of  ago,  and  as  we  can  find  no  trace  of  any  other 
Samuel  Abbe  at  either  place,  we'suggeet  whether  the  records  do  not  rtfer  to 
the  same  person. 


GENEALOGT.  IS 

father  did  find  liis  sayd  son  meet  and  drink  and  clothes  washing  and  lodging 
which  w«  doe  judg  to  be  worth  thirtey  pounds  ^30  00s 'OOd 

the  acoiint  was  settled  betwen  tliouias  abce  and  iiis  farthers  estat  by  the  chil- 
dren of  the  sayd  desesed  in  our  presents  as  wittues  our  hands  thisi24th  of  the 
12th  mouth  1702-3  his 

Eichard     X     H  uttoa 
mark 
Joseph  tfowlf-r 
Af)riser3 
the  estate  debtor  to  his  sonu  thomas  abee  for  sundrall    things  for  wliich  our 
saidfatlier  John  flbee  senor  was  Indebted  to  his  son  thomas  abee  before  tho 
death  of  our  sayd  fatlier  John  aliee  senor  the  acoaut  wher  of  was  settled  and 
Rloweil  by  us  uiiderwritti'U 

whiclxdebt  is  tliirty  and  two  T^ounds  £32  00s  OOd 

3  wittnes  our  hand  this  24  february  1702-3 
Iiis 
Richard      X      kirarall  for  himself  and  Rebeca  his  wif« 
mark  liis 

her  Thomas       X      abea 

Mary      X      Killam  mark 

mark 
may,  iSth:  1703 

Then  ye  above  sd  Thomas  Abbe  made  oath  to  this  Inuentory 

Before  John  Appletoa 

JoHxS  Abbe,  SEN.,  of  Wenhani,  had  chil. :  (2)  Jolm,  who  settled  in 
"Windham;    (2,)  S'lmud,  who  ii\ho  settled  in  "Windham  ;    Sarah;   Marah, 

{Marii)m. Killam  ;    Rebecca^  m.  Richard  Kimball,  May  13,  1667; 

Ohadinh,  who  probabl3'  settled  in  Enfield,  and  ra.  there,  Sarah,  wid.  of 
Joseph  Wariiner,  to  whom  she  was  2d  wife;  had  no  cliii.  to  be  named 
in  hii  will,  1752,  the  year  he  d.;  (4)  Tliurnas^  settled  at  Enfield. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  JOHN  ADBE,  THE  WINDIIA-M  SETTLEIL 

2.  John  Abbe,  who  settled  at  Windham,  was,  without  reasonable 
doubt,  son  of  John  Abbe,  sen.,  of  Wenham. 

John  Abbe,  of  Wenham,  yeoman,  sells  to  Francis  Wainwright,  of  Ips- 
wich, for  £60,  "  all  that  my  land  and  meadow  with  ye  houses  on  said 
land  with  orchard  trees,  Timber  Trees,  mines,  with  ye  comonage  lying  in 
Wenhara,"  March  9,  1694-5.  And,  Oct.  19,  1600,  John  Abbe,  lyr  £130, 
eold  to  Nathaniel  Waklron,  of  Wenham,  '•'■  dwelling  house,  barn,  30  acres  of 
upland  and  meadow,  on  a  part  of  which  land  and  upland  said  dwelling 
house  and  barn  standeth,"  &c.  The  deed  was  signad  by  John  and  Han- 
nah Abbey.  John  and  Hannah  Abby  were  aduiitted  to  full  communion 
of  the  W^enham  church  before  1692,  but  the  date  of  admission  is  not  given 
in  Wentjam  church  records.  They  were  dismissed  Oct.  28.  1700.  By  tho 
disposal  of  the  estate,  1683,  it  seems  that  Jolm  Abbe,  sen.,  had  a  son 
John  whom  he  made  the  trustee  of  his  property  ;  by  the  Yrenbam  land 
records  we  find  that  he  sold  houses  and  lauds  in  Wenham  in  1095  and 
1096;  and  that  he  had  a  wife  Hannah,  and  that  they  were  members  of  the 
church  in  Wenham.  As  we  have  no  account  of  any  other  John  Abbe  of 
Wenham  cotemporary  with  John,  sen.,  we  conclude  he  was  the  son  of  tha 


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HISTORY    or    A^•CIE.^'T    WINDHAM. 


latter;  and  the  sale  of  land  in  Wenliam,  tlie  name  of  wife,  their  dismissal 
from  the  church,  all  make  it  quite  certain  that  he  was  the  Windham 
settler. 

John  Aeee,  of  AVenham,  for  £70,  in  silver,  purchased  of  Lt.  Exercise 
Conant,of  Windham,  the  7th  home  lot  at  Windham  Center,  with  house 
on  the  west  side  of  town  street,  with  the  "thousand  acre  right,"  belonging 
to  the  same,  July  3,  169G. 

John  Abbe  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Windham,  Dec.  9,  1696.  So 
it  appears  he  settled  in  Windham  during  the  latter  part  of  that  year. 
John  and  Hannah  Abbe  were  dimissed  from  Wenham  church  to  unite  with 
others  in  forming  a  church  at  Windham,  Oct.  28,  17C0.  Their  names  are 
both  found  in  the  list  of  original  members  of  the  Windham  chnrch,  which 
was  organized  Dec.  10,  1700.  John  Abbe  died  the  next  day,  Dec.  11, 
1700.  It  is  probable  that  he  died  suddenly.  Ilis  estate  was  settled  in  Hart- 
ford Probate  Court.    The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  will : 

V/indham  the  lOtli  of  Dec.  1700.  The  will  of  John  Abbey.  That  his  wifs 
should  enjoy  tJie  house  and  homestead  &  the  meadows  that  are  already  laid, 
with  the  moveable  during  her  life  to  dispose  of  it  to  th^-m  of  her  childran  as 
she  shall  see  cause,  &  the  rest  of  the  unlaid  out  land  to  be  divided  equally,  to 
be  divided  amongs:  his  children  and  not  to  be  sold.away  from  mj  family,  not 
any  of  the  land.  &  the  30  acres  adjoining  to  goodman  'Bingham  &  goodman 
Larrabees  land  to  be  at  my  wifes  dispose,  &  to  give  deed  &  to  make  sale  of  ac- 
cording to  law. 

Witiies  our  hands  Robert  Hebard  senior  &  John  Reed  senior  Loth  of  the 
name  town. 

Proved  before  Josliua  Ripley  .April  8,  1701. 

The  explanation  of  the  will  was  as  follows: 

We  Robert  Hebard  &  John  Reed  being  witnesses  to  the  will  of  John  Abbey 
of  Windliam.  do  testify  that  wliertas  tis  said  in  tlie  Avill,  the  lands  &  meadows 
that  are  already  laid  out  shall  be  at  his  v.dfe's  disi.ose,  to  s;ive  to  them  of  her 
children  as  she  shall  have  cause.  That  they  did  understand  it.  &  are  fully 
persuaded  that  said  Abbey  did  mean  the  children  she  had  by  him  &  further 
that  the  entailment  extend  no  further  than  to  the  lands  that  are  yet  to  be  laid 
out  to  the  best  of  their  judgment  &c. 

Taken  on  oath  in  Windham  IN'ov.  6, 1701,  before  Joshua  Ripley. 

John  Abbe,  the  Windham  settler,  had  certainly  two  wives  and  per- 
haps three,  but  no  particulars  have  been  found  of  anj-  except  his  wife 
Hannah,  who,  after  her  husband's  death,  m.  Jonathan  Jennings,  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers  of  Windham,  Nov.  10.  1703,  and  d.  March  8,  1724-5, 
Hannah,  dan.  of  Richard  Goldsmith,  of  Wenham,  was  born  March  4, 1657, 
and  as  the  families  were  connected,  perhaps  she  was  the  wife  of  John  Abbe 
above.  That  John  Abbe  had  children  by  a  former  wife  is  proved  by  the 
will  of  Richard  Abbe,  1737,  who  calls  Joseph,  Obr.diah  and  Abigail  broth- 
ers and  sister  "of  the  half  blood."  The  following  were  probably  children 
of  John  Abbe  the  Windham  settler  [Wenham  Records]  : 

John,  "son  of  John  Abye,"  b.  May  5,  1665,  d.  May  15,  1665  ;  Thomas, 
■"son  of  John  Abbey,"  b.  5,  12  mo.,  1667.    If  th«  latter  was  the  son  of 


OENEALOOV.  16 

ouf  John  Abbe,  he  died  young  ;  Joseph,  b,, 'probably,  Aug.  18,  1G73,  m 
Abigail  Severance,  Aug.  30,  1706,  and  had  an  only  dau.  Joanna,  who  m. 
Jonathan  Brown,  of  Hampton,  N.  II.  She  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  her 
uncle  Eicliard  Abbe,  of  Windham,  in  1737.  Joseph  Abbe  d.  and  his 
•wid.  Abigail,  m.  Phillip  Greeley,  Dec.  11,  1707,  [Joseph,  son  of  Joseph 
Abbo,  b.  Aug.  18,  1673,  (WenhamList  in  Clerk  of  Court's  Office,  Salem). 
We  cannot  but  think  that  the  above  sLould  be  Joseph,  son  of  John  Ab- 
be.] (5)  ObacUah  ;  Abigail,  m.  Daniel  Sabin,  of  Windham,  March  18, 
1701  :  Chi!,  by  wife  Hannah  :  (6)  Richard,  h.  Feb.  1  or  9,  (both  dates 
found  in  Windham  records)  1682— 3 ;  Mary,  b.  Sept.  10,  1684,  m.  James 
Pease,  of  Enfield,  and  was  living  in  1737  ;  Mercy,  b.  March  5,  1689,  m. 
Nathaniel  Flint,  of  Windham,  his  third  wife,  no  chil. ;  (7)  Julin,  b.  April 
20,  1691 ;  ILtunah,  b.  Aug.  13,  1693,  m.  Thomas  Welch,  ancestor  of  the 
Windham  families  of  that  name;  Lydia,  b.  May  21,  1(396,  m.  Benjamin 
Bidlack ;  Sirah,  b.  in  Windham,  March  11,  1699,  m.  John  Welch,  proba- 
bly a  brother  of  Thomas. 

5.  Obadiaii  Abbe,  (probably  this  one)  m.  Elizabeth  Wilkinson  at  Mai- 
den, Dec.  26,  1701.  He  settled  at  Windham;  and  after  1719  removed  to 
Ashford,  Ot.,  where  he  was  living  in  1737.  Chil.  b.  at  Windham  ;  Mercy, 
b.  Oct.  15,  1702  ;  Obadiah,  b.  April  10,  1704,  probably  m.  and  lived  in 
Ashford,  as  we  find  an  Obadiah  xibbe  there,  wife  Zerviah,  who  had  son 
John,  b.  Sept.  14,  1759,  Hannah  b.  Aug.  27,  1761,  and  other  chil. ;  Eliz' 
a6ei/i,  b.  April  1, 1700 ;  Hannah,  b.  i>ec.  5,  1707;  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  25, 
1709  ;  Ruth,  b.  Sept.  15,  1712 ;  Joseph,  1st,  b.  May  28,  1714,  d.  Jan.  7, 
1717-18;  Richard,  b- May  14,  1716;  Joseph,  2d,  b.  Jan.  16,  1718-19. 
We  have  no  further  information  of  this  family.  There  Avas  a  Jeremiah 
Abbe  at  Ashford,  who  m.  Ann  Strong,  June  18,  1760,  and  had  chil.,  who 
may  have  been  a  grand-son  of  Obadiah  above. 

6.  Richard  Abbe  was  one  of  the  prominent,  influential  and  substantial 
men  of  Windham  in  his  day.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable  property,  and 
among  his  legacies, was  one  of  £50,  to  the  Eev.  Thomas  Clap,  and  one  of 
£20  to  the  First  Church  of  Windham.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  slave- 
holders in  the  town  after  Gates.  He  gave  his  negro  girl  Jenne,  prized 
at  £75,  to  his  wife,  with  one-half  of  his  estate,  and  liberal  legacies  to  his 
brothers  and  sisters.  He  especially  enjoined  upon  his  executors  to  take 
no  unjust  advantage  of  his  debtors,  and  to  give  those  against  whom  he 
held  mortga,ges  reasonable  time  to  redeem  them,  even  if  their  legal  right 
to  do  so  had  been  forfeited. 

He  was  constable,  sheriff.  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Judge  of  the  County 
Court,  and  represented  Windham  in  the  Legislature  every  year  from 
1726  to  1737,  with  one  exception,  and  was  influential  in  church  affairs. 
He  was  a  warm  friend  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clap,  and  was  one  of  Prince's  sub- 
scribers. He  m.  Mary  Jennings,  dau.  of  Jonathan,  Nov.  16,  1703,  and  d. 
July  10,  1737,  aged  54.     She  d.  Aug.  25,  1759,  aged  77.     They  had  no 


18  HISTORY   OF   AKCIENT    UlNDHAM. 

ehil.     His  will  is  dated  June  27,  1737.  Her  will  bears  date  July  12, 1758. 
The  following  is  tlie  inscription  on  his  tombstone  : 

Here  lyes  Buried  ye  body  of  RICHARD  ABBE.  ESQ..  One  of  his  MagistiVs 
Justices  of  ye  County  of  Windham.  Who  after  he  had  Faithfully  Served  his 
Generation  'Acording  to  the  will  of  GOD  Fell  Asleep  July  10,  1737,  in  ye  65th 
year  of  his  Age. 

Mar}',  his  wife,  appears  to  have  been  a  pious  and  benevoTcnt  woman,  a 
worthy  companion  of  her  respected  husband.  She  Was  the  eldest  dau. 
of  Jonathan  Jennings,  the  first  settler  in  Windham  after  Gates.  In  her 
will  she  gives  £4  to  the  First  Church  in  Windham,  "  To  purchase  a  Flag 
on  For  the  Convenience  of  Furnishiu^  the  communion  Table  in  said 
Church."  She  gives  "  unto  Ginna  ray  Negro  woman  her  time  &  Freedom 
From  hence  Forward  not  to  be  Inslaved  held  or  Gontroled  by  me  or  any 
under  me  as  a  slave  or  servant  Fur  Time  or  Life  and  T  do  hereby  jrive  & 
bequeath  unto  sd  Ginna  a  good  Bible  &  the  best  Featherbed  I  have  sav- 
ing one  with  good  bediiing  viz.  Bolster,  Pillows,  one  pare  good  sheets,  one 
pare  woolen  Blankets  &  a  good  coverlid  &  a  Foot  wheel  and  Farthermore 
I  give  unto  said  Ginna  a  good  Iron  Pott  and  Kittle  with  my  every  day 
clothe-s  &  a  good  silk  crape  gown  &  Two  Pewter  Platters  which  I  give 
unto  ye  sd  Ginna  For  the  good  service  she  hath  done  me."  With  regard 
to  her  other  slaves  she  says:  "  And  I  do  here  by  order  &  desire  that 
those  of  my  negro  children  as  shall  be  sold  &  disposed  of  as  that  they 
may  have  Christian  Education  and  by  their  Maysters  not  be  used  with 
cruelty  &  hardship."  There  were  four  negro  children  named  in  her  in- 
Tentory,  viz. :  Sampson,  valued  at  £45,  Peter,  at  £40,  Reuben  at  £35, 
p.nd  Tamer,  a  girl,  at  £28.  The  following  is  the  inscription  on  hertomb- 
Btone : 

In  Memory  of  Mrs.  Mary  Ab  be  widow  to  Richard  Abbe  Esq.  who  died  Aua;ust 
25th  1759  in  yo  78lh  year  of  her  Ago,  them  also  yt  sleep  in  Jesus  will  God 
bring  with  him,  1  Thes.  4  and  14. 

7.  John  Abbe,  m.  1st,  Mary,  dau.  of  Dea.  Abel  Bingham,  of  Windham, 
Nov.  7,  1717  ;  she  d.  July  23,  1722  ;  m.  2d,  Mary  Palmer,  dau.  of  Samuel, 
March  12, 1723  ;  she  d.  Nov.  30, 1750 ;  m.  3d,  Abigail  llipley,  wid.  of  Jere- 
miah, and  dau.  of  dea.  Eleazer  Gary,  April  23,  1751 ;  she  d.  Oct.  16, 176G ;  m, 
4th, Sarah  Dodge,  April  8, 17G7  ;  he  d.  Jan.  16, 1770  ;  shed.  April  11,1776. 
His  will  is  dated  June  6, 1767.  Inventory  £1067  12s  3d.  To  Rev.  Steph- 
en White  he  gave  his  '-silver  headed  cane."  His  only  chil.  by  1st  wife 
was:  (8)  Jului,  b.  July  4,  1722;  chil.  by  2d  wife:  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  17, 
1724,  ra.  Joshua  Webb;  Mtri/,  b.  Sept.  10,  1725,  perhipsm.  Elisha  Walesj 
Elizabeth,  h.  Sept.  16,  1728,  m.  Jesse  Ward,  of  Union,  May  22.  1754; 
Richard,  b.  July  1,  1730,  m.  Mary  Huntington,  dau.  of  David,  and  had 
6on  Mexari,  b.  in  Windham,  Dec.  4,  1752,  besides  other  chil.,  who  d.  in  in- 
fancy.    His  father  gave  him  a  farm  of  90  acres  on  Beaver  HiU.     Heprob- 


GEXEOLOGY. 


17 


aKly  d.  Feb.  17,  1794;  Emnce.  h.  Aug.  £0, 1732,  in.  probably  Jcmathan  Jen- 
nings, his  IIJ  Wife;  T^ihajiu,  h.  Sept..  IG,  17G0,  in.  Charles  Kr.jley. 

8.  John-  Abbe,  jr.,  m.  1st,  Lo!.s  Munson  ;  m.  2d, Smith  ;  he  d.JuIy 

4, 178Sassd03;  only  child  by  1st  wife:  /j/ift,  b.  Jan.  10,1755.  d.  sorae  thirty 
or  forty  years  since,  somewhere  m  Windham  Count}-,  (one  informant  says 
Cjaplin)  unm.,  ani  with  him  th3  mile  line  of  this  particular  branch  of 
the  Abbes  became  extinct.  The  original  homestead  of  John  Abbe  was 
on  lot  No.  7,  at  Windham  Center. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  SAMUEL  ABBE,  THE  WINDHAM  SETTLER. 

3.  Samuel  Abbe,  the  son  of  John  Abbe,  sen.,  was,  -we  are  fully  sat- 
isfioi,  the  Windham  settler.  John,  sei.,  of  Wenham,  had  a  son  Samuel, 
to  whom  he  deeded  ten  acres  of  land  in  Wenham,  ^larch  29,  1675.  In 
1676,  Samuel  Abei  was  Surveyor,  according  to  Wenham  records.  In 
1682,  Samuel  Abbe,  of  Wenham,  bought  of  Lot  Kilhain,  land,  &c.,  in 
Salem  Village  (now  Danvers).  Samuel  Abbe  and  wife  were  dismissed 
from  Wenham  church  to  form  church  in  Salem  Village,  Nov.  15, 1089.  In 
16Sl,S.imueI  Abbe,  of '-Salem,"  bought  of  James  Stimpson,  of  Reading,  land 
within  the  precints  and  boun  Is  of  Salem.  On  the  3d  of  April,  1697,  Sam^^ 
uel  Abbe,  of  Salem,  sold  "  all  his  messuage  in  Salem,"  to  Zachariah  White, 
of  Lynn.  The  deed  was  signed  by  Samuel  and  Mary  Abbe.  Samuel 
Abbe  was  not  taxed  in  Salem  Village  after  1695.  Nov.  4,  1697,  Samuel 
Abbe,  "  of  Salem,"  bought  of  Benjamin  Howard,  of  Windham,  for  £22 
lOi,  current  money,  half  an  allotment  of  land  (500  acres),  being  No.  2, 
at  the  "  Center,"  (then  at  or  near  '•  Bricktop,")  with  half  the  house,  &c. 

Samuel  Abbe  removed  to  Windham  probably  about  the  time  of  the 
above  purchase,  for  he  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  the  town,  Dec.  21, 
1697.  lie  was  the  ancestor  of  the  most  numerous  branch  of  the  Wind- 
ham Abbes,  and  all  of  the  name  now  living  in  Windham  or  vicinity  aro 
descended  from  him. 

Samuel  Abbe  m.  at  Wenham,  Mar}^  Knowlton,  Oct.  12,  1672.  He 
d.  in  Windham,  in  March,  1G97,  according  to  the  probate  records,  which 
•WM  1698,  as  we  now  reckon.  His  wid.  m.  Abraham  Mitchell,  an  early 
Windham  settler,  x\pril  27,  1699,  and  had  by  him  a  son  Daniel,  b.  Dec. 
10,  1700,  d.  same  day.  The  estate  of  Samuel  Abbe  was  settled  in  Hart- 
ford Probate  Court.  The  following  children  are  all  named  in  the  rec- 
ords of  the  court.  Those  b.  before  1682,  were  probably  b.  at  Wenham, 
and  the  others  at  Salem  Village  (now  Danvers,)  :  Manj,  b.  about  1674, 
tvas  living  single  in  Windham  after  1700  ;  Simuel^  b.  about  1676, was  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  First  Church  of  Windham.  Hem.  Hannah 
Silsby,  March  15,  1710,  and  d.  Jan.  15,  1736-7,  aged  about  61  ;  she  d. 
about  1759.  Tliey  had  one  chil. :  Simuel,  b.  O^t.  12,  1712,  d.  Mirch  15 
1714;  ThomaSjh.  about  1679,  d.at  Windham,  April  1, 1700,unra. ;  Elizabeth^ 
b.  about  1681,  m.  William  Slate,  of  Windham,  ancestor  of  the  Mansfield 
3 


18  MISTORt    OF    ANCIENT    WINDMAM. 

Slate  families.  [The  last  name  is  Eleazer  on  probate  records,  but  from 
the  Windham  land  records  we  are  satisfied  it  is  a  mistake,  and  that  it 
should  be  Elizabeth.]  (9)  Ebenczer,  b.  at  Salem  Village,  July  31,  1G8S; 
Mercy,  b.  March  1,  lG8i--5,  m.  Jonathan  Onnsby,  of  Windham;  Scrah^h. 
July  4  or  6,  IGSG,  m.  John  Fowler,  of  Lebanon,  and  iiad  family  ;  Hepsi- 
bah,  b.  Feb.  14,  1G8S-9,  m.  Samuel  Palmer,  and  wa;;  tlie  ancestress  of  the 
largest  branch  of  the  Scotland  Palmers;  Abigail,  b.  Nov.  19,  1690,  m. 
probably,  Joseph  Ormsby,  of  Rehoboth  ;  Johv,  b.  June  4,  1C92,  is  called 
of  Hartford,  1723.  It  is  said  he  settled  in  Eist  Hartford  and  left  many 
descendants,  but  we  have  been  unable  to  find  any  records  or  particulars 
of  his  fomily.  lie  d.  in  1790,  aged  about  98,  but  according  to  Ilinraan 
and  others,  109,  which  is  evidentlj'a  mistake  ;  Benjamin,  b.  June  4, 1694, 
settled  in  Glastenbur}',  and  there  m.  Mary  TiTon,  dau.  of"  Dr.  Joseph,  Jan. 
4,  1716,  and  had  chii.:  Agnes,  Hannah,  Mary  and  Samuel;  Jonathan,  b. 
about  1G97,  probably  settled  in  Willington,  where  he  d.  in  1760,  and  left 
chil.:  Anne,  Mary,  Jonathan,  Samuel  and  Rebecca. 

9.  Ebenezer  Abbe  was  "of  Norwich,"  Nov.  1705,  when  he  purchased 
of  his  brother  Samuel,  55  acres  of  land  at  "  New  Found  Meadow,"  in 
Windham.  Ebenczei.'  sold  to  his  brother  about  the  same  time,  land  on 
Bushneli  Plain  and  at  Willimantic.     He  was  at  Windliarr.,  July  8,  1706. 

Ebenezer  Abbe  lived  near  what  is  now  North  Windham,  perhaps  dur- 
ing the  latter  part  of  his  life  in  Mansfield.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Hampton  church  in  1725.  lie  married  !Mary  Alh'n,  dau.  of  Joshua, 
one  of  the  early  Fcttlers  of  Mansfield,  Oct.  28,  1707;  he  d.  Dec. 
5j  1758;  she  d.  1766.  His  will  is  dated  June  3,  1750.  In  it  he 
names  ten  of  his  thirteen  children.  IIis  chil.  were:  (10")  Ehenfzer,  b. 
July  27,  1708  ;  Elizaheth.  b.  Sept.  11,  1709,  m.  Daniel  Cross,  of  Mansfield, 
had  family  ;  (11)  Joshua,  b.  Jan.  20,  1710-11  ;  717a?-?,',  b.  Sept.  21,  1712, 
m.  Jonathan  Bingham,  jr. ;  Nathan,  b.  May  6,  1714,  settled  in  Mansfield, 
and  m.  1st,  Silence  Ames,  dau.  of  William,  Dec.  4.  1746  ;  she  d.  Feb.  6, 
1776  ;  m.  2d,  Lucy  Ilovey,  dau.  of  Samuel,  of  Windham,  Oct.  17,  1776  ;  no 
chil.  recorded;  (12)  Gideon,h.  Feb.  13,  1715-16;  Samml,  1st,  b.  Oct.  SO, 
1717,  d.  March  1,  1718;  Sawwe/,  2d,  b.  April  24,1719,  living  1750  ;  [A  Sam- 
uel Abbe,ofMansfield,  m.  Temperance  Lincoln, dau.  of  Thomas,  July  8,1766, 
and  had:  Shadrach,  b.  March  6,  1767  ,  Anne,  b.  June  13,  17C9  ,  Lucy,  b. 
May  22,  1771,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  9,  1774,  Amelia,  b.  July  14,1776,  Azubab, 
b.  Dec.  21,  1778,  Ebenezer,  b.  June  9,  1781.  The  above  was  either  the 
Eon  of  Ebenezer  Abbe,  sen.,  or  Ebenezer,  jr.  If  the  former  he  was  about 
47  at  his  marriage,  if  the  latter  was  about  20.  We  are  unable  to  deter- 
mine which.]  Zerviah,  b.  March,  17, 1720--21,  m.  Eliliu  Marsh  ;  Jervsha^ 
b:  Oct.  22,  1722,  m.  Samuel  Wood,  of  Mansfield ;  Abigail,  b.  Aug.  1, 1724, 
probably  m.  Benjamin  Corey  ;  Mirixm,  b.  Aug.  31,  1726,  m.  William 
Cross,  and  d.  Nov.  or  Dec.  2,  1823,  aged  97  ;  (13)  Solomon,  b.  Maj  29, 
1730. 


OEM  KA  LOOT.  19 

10,  Ebexezer  Abbe,   jR.;m.  Abigail ,  Feb.  22.  1729--30 ;  chil.: 

Mary,  b.  March  2G,  1731 ;  (14)  Isaar^  b.  July  25,  1733  ;  Mner,  b.  Aug. 
26,  1737;  Ewiezer,  b.  Juno  10,  1739;  Jacob,  b.  Aug.  23,  1741;  John,  b. 
Aug.  23,  1743,  settled  in  JNIansfield,  m.  Dorotlnr  Bngbee,  April  27,  1768, 
and  bad  John,  b.  April  4,  1709  ;  Samael,  b.  June  21,  1747. 

11.  JosnL'.\  Abbe  deserves  ninre  than  a  brief  notice — all  we  are  able  to 
give,  llis  homes  lead  was  near  the  present  village  of  North  Windham, 
just  within  the  bounds  of  what  is  now  Chaplin,  near  the  residence  and 
on  the  farm  of  Hon.  P.  B.  Peck.  The  house  long  since  disajipeared,  but 
the  cellar  place  still  marks  the  location.  He  was  at  one  time  a  largo 
land  owner,  and  possessed  considerable  property  in  live  stock,  &c.  His 
extensive  domains  at  North  Windham  and  vicinity  he  called  his  "  King- 
dom" ;  and  owing  to  the  infljence  he  exerted,  he  was  often  called  "  King 
Abbe."  lie  was  not  without  his  failings,  nor  was  he  without  virtues, 
some  of  a  noble  and  redeeming  character.  He  was  a  man  of  medium  size, 
bat  ofgre.it  physical  and  mental  vigor.  He  was  a  match  for  any  one  in 
shrewdaiss  anJ  ready  wit,  and  could  make  a  very  sharp  tr.ide.  Ic  is  said 
he  was  more  than  a  match  in  a  bargain  for  Dea.  Chaplin  (for  whom  the 
town  of  Chaplin  was  named),  who  was  very  successful  in  his  trades  and 
in  accumulating  property,  lie  had  strong  rcligior.s  impulses,  but  his 
faith  was  not  cf  the  orthodox  kind;  and  perhaps  in  those  days  he  was 
considered  somewhat  fanatical.  Among  the  guests  at  his  hospitable 
board  at  one  time,  was  "  Mother"  Ann  Lees,  the  founder  of  the  sect  of 
"Shakers."  He  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  strong  social  faculties, 
very  hopitable,  generous  to  his  friends  and  kind  to  the  poor.  When  one 
of  his  neigiiboi's,  a  poor  man,  had  lost  his  only  cow,  a  subscription  paper 
was  started  to  buy  hini  another.  His  neighbors  put  .lown  a  dollar  or  so 
each,  and  the  man  presented  the  paper  to  "  King  Abbe."  On  showing  it 
to  him,  Mr.  Abbe  said,  "Away  with  your  subscription  paper;  go  into  my 
herd  and  take  your  pick  among  my  cows,  and  be  sure  you  get  a  good  one." 

Jo3HUA  Abbe,  sen.,  m.  Mary  Ripley,  dau.  of  Joshua,  jr.,  of  Willimantic, 
April  14,  17dG.  His  wiled.  Oct.,  1769;  he  d.  Jan.  13  or  14,  1807,  aged 
96.  His  blooi  is  widely  diffused  through  many  respectable  and  talented 
families.  T  i^ir  c.iil.  w.iL'vj:  Zi,')si,%Ii,  b.  Juue  11,1737,  m.  Jonathan  Wales  ; 
Rachel,  h.  Feb.  6,  1733-9,  m.   Gen.  Samuel   McClellan  *,  of  Woodstock, 


*  Gen.  Samuel  McClellan,  of  Woodstock,  was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  a, 
promiiit^nt  ui.iu  in  Hiat  town,  lie  served  for  a  time  in  the  war  of  thn  Revolu- 
tion. Hem.  1st,  Jemima  Chandler,  of  Woodstock,  Nov.  16,  1757,  wlio  d.  April 
13,  1764;  m.  id,  Rachel  Abbe.  duu.  of  Josliua.  ot  Windham,  March  5.  17(,6; 
ehed.  June  22.  I7y5  ;  cliil.  by  1st  wife;  tiarniitl.  b.  Feb.  11,  176U  ;  W'iliiam.  b. 
March  6.  1762  ;  I-id/nuel  ChanUkr.  h.  April  3.  1764  ;  ciiil.  by  2d  wife,  Rachel  Abbe: 
John.  b.  Jan.  4,  1767  ;  Kancy,  b.  May  7,  1768;  James,  b.  Sept  20,  1769.  He  Avas 
the  father  of  Dr.  (Jeovgi  McClellan,  a  distinguished  surgeuu  and  medical  pro- 
fessor 01  I'hiladelphia,  wlio  was  father  of  Gen.  George  lirinton  McCiellan;  A'a- 
thaniel  1st,  b.  Dec.  17,  1770.  d.  y.  ,  Lua-ttia,  b.  May  15,  1773  ;  AUizabclh,  b.  Nov. 
20,  1775  ;  Nathxakl,  2d,  b.  Jan.  16,  1777,  d.  iu  Norwich,  Sept,  1863,  JudahAld^, 
b.  May  26,  1780 


20  HISTORY    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 

March  5,  17CG,  Lis  2a  wife,  and  had  chiL.  Among  her  descendants  is 
Gen.  Geo.  B.  McCIellan.  A  correspondent  saj-s,  she  was  a  woman  great- 
ly respected  and  beloved  bj'  all  who  knew  her;  Alari/,  b.  Dec.  21,  1740, 
ni.  Nathaniel  Ilebard,  of  Windham.  Among  her  descendants  is  Hon. 
Learned  Ilebard,  of  Lebanon ;  Zerviah,  b.  Jan.  7,  1743,  m.  Capt.  Nathan- 
iel "Webb,  of  Windham.  Among  her  descendants  were  Sheriff  Henry 
Webb  and  his  son,  the  late  Dr.  Wm.  Webb,  Windham  ;  (15)  Shubael,  b. 
Nov.  9,  1744;  (IG)  Phineas,  h.  ^ov.  22,  1740;  Lvcr etia,  h.  Mixrch  10, 
1749,  m.  Edmund  Badger,  of  Windham.  Among  her  descendants  are  Hon, 
Samuel  Badger,  of  Philadelphia,  and  lion.  Geo.  E.  Badger,  of  North  Car- 
olina, formerly  U.  S,  Senator  from  that  State  ;  (17)  Joshua,  b.  Jan.  9,  1751 ; 
(18)  Elisha,  b.  May  15,  1753;  Elizaheth,  b.  Dec.  G,  1758,  d.  Jan.  20,  1759. 

12.  Gideon  Abbr,  settled  first  in  Windham,  but  after  1745  removed 
to  Mansfield,  then  to  Ash  ford,  and  back  to  Mansfield,  where  he  d.  He 
m.  1st,  Mary  Wood,  dan.  of  Samuel,  of  Mansfield,  March  15,  1735  :  she 
d.  Oct.  1742 ;  m.  2d,  Keziah  Walker,  Dec.  8,  1742;  she  d.  Jan.,  1746-7  ; 
m.  3d,  Bathsheba  Smith,  dau.  of  William,  of  Ashford,  March,  1747.  He 
d.  in  1784  ;  his  wifesurvivedhiin.  His  will  is  dated  May  — ,  1779,  proved 
1784;  thil.  by  1st  wife  :  Man/,  1st,  b.  in  Windham,  March  24, 1738,  d.y. ; 
Hannah,  h.  in  Windham,  June  28,  1739,  m.  Josiah  Hall,  of  Mansfield; 
Gideon,  b.  Oct.  12,  1741,  not  named  in  will,  1779;  chil,  by  wife  Keziah: 
Miry,  21,  b.  Oct.  10,  1744,  m.  John  Hunt,  jr..  of  Mansfield  ;  (19)  SjIoviuu,  b. 
April  12, 1746 ;  by  wife  Bathsheba  :  John,  b.  March  8, 1747-8,  m.  Dorothy 
Bugbee,  April  27,  1768,  and  had  John,  b.  April  4,  1769,  probably  m.  Lydia 
Walcott,  of  Windham,  Feb.  3,  1791,  and  had  Timothy,  b.  Oct.  14,  1771; 
Samuel,  1st,  b,  Oct.  2,  1749,  d.  y. ;  Bathsheba,  b.  Feb.  22,  1750-51,  not 
named  in  will;  Elijah,h.  inAshfoi'd,  July  7,  1753,  m,  Ruth  Balch,dau.  of 
Jonathan,  Nov.  4,  1772,  and  had  child  b.  Dec.  15, 1773, d.  next  day  ;  S:im- 
uel,  2d,  b,  Jan,  7, 1755,  m,  probably  Miriam  Hall,  dau,  of  Ephraim,  April 
11, 1775,  and  had  Uachael,  b.  Feb.  10,  1776,  Shubael,  b.  Feb.  20,1778,  m. 
Polly  Hartshorn,  Sept.  17,  1797,  (had  Daniel,  b.  July  14, 1798,  Charles, 
b,  June  16,  1800,  m.  and  lives  in  Mansfield,  Emily,  b.  Nov.  5,  1806,) 
Hannah,  b.  Feb.  22,  1780;  Nathan,  b.  Nov.  21,  1756;  iVilUam,,  h.  April 
14,  1758,  m.  Lydia  Hall,  dau.  of  Thomas,  June  5,  1777,  and  had  Elijah, 
b,  Feb.  20,  1779 ;  Jcrusha,  b.  Jan.  3, 17G1 ;  Eanice,  b.  May  12, 1705  ;  Ezra, 
named  in  will  as  infirm,  not  able  to  take  care  of  himself. 

13.  Solomon  Aeee  settled  first  in  Windham,  but  after  1700,  removed 
to  Mansfield,  where  he  died.  He  m,  1st,  Sarah  Knight,  June  17,  1751 ; 
she  d.  July  25,  1797;  m.  2d,  wid.  Elizabeth  Burnham,  May  3,  1798.  He 
d,  1799;  his  wife  survived  him.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Joseph  b.  x\pril  6, 1752; 
d.  Sept.  6,  1754;  Sxrah.,  1st,  b.  Jan.  26,  1754 ;  d.  Sept.  12,  1754;  Sirah, 
2d,  b.  Aug.  9,  1755,  m,  Andrew  Hartshorn  ;  Lydia,  b.  July  6,  1757,  m. 
David  Allen ;  male  child,  b,  Aug.  29,  1759;  d.  Aug.  30,  1759;  male  child, 
b,  Aug.  12,  1760,  d,  same  day;    Phehe,  b,  in  Mansfield,  Oct.  1,  1701,  in. 


GE.NF.ALOGY.  1^1 

Uriah  Smith;  Esthtr^  b.  Jinic  £0,  1764,  m.  Leonard  Sessions;  Ahd^h. 
Aug.  7,  17GG,  111.  Miriam  Bingham,  Jul}',  1700,  and  had:  Lura,  b.  Jan. 
20, 1791,  Keiia,  b.  Aug.  31,  17!:)2,  Linda,  b.  July  5,  1791,  Origin,  b.  April 
23,  1796,  Charles,  b.  May  3,  1798,  William,  b.  Aiiril  6,  1800,  Phcbe,  b. 
Feb.  11,  1802.  and  probably  removed  from  Mansfield. 

14.  Isaac  Abbe  lived  at  or  near  North  Windham.  lie  m.  Eunice  Church, 
March,  1753,  and  d.  April,  1788  ;  his  wife  survived  him.  Chil.  :  hanc^  b. 
Oct.  31,  1753;  Eunice,  b.  April  12,  1755,  m.  Jonah  Lincoln,  sen.,  his  2d 
wife;  -i4««ff,  b.  March  14,  1757  ;  Ahricr,  b.  Nov.  5,  1758;  Susannah,  b. 
Nov.  15,  1760;  Zerviah,  b.  April  10,  1762;  Joseph  b.  June  5,  1763;  Na- 
thauiel,  b.  July  13,  1765  ;  Luq/,  b.  Feb.  4,  1769 ;  Sarah,h.  March  4,  1771. 

15.  Shubael  Abbe  resided  at  Windham  Center,  and  was  an  esteemed 
and  highly  respected  citizen,  active  and  useful  in  town,  church  and 
State  affairs.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1764,  and  held  many  offi- 
ces of  trust,  among  them,  sheriff  of  Windham  County,  a  comnn.ssioner  of 
the  School  Fund,  often  a  representative  toth  e  Legislature,  &c.  Mr.  Abbe 
was  sheriff  at  the  time  Caleb  Adams,  a  young  man  aged  19,  was  hmig  at 
Windham,  Nov.  19,  1803,  and  it  was  his  painful  duty  to  officiate  at  the 
execution.  There  was  much  in  the  history  of  j'oung  Adams  that  called 
for  deep  commiseration.  Mr.  Abbe  was  a  man  of  very  ttndtr  feelings, 
and  it  was  a  sore  trial  to  him  to  perform  this  most  unpleasant  dut}-. 

Hem.  Lucy  Chester,  Jan.  26,  1774;  he  d.  suddeniv,  April  16,  1804; 
she  d.  June  21, 1818,  aged  66.  The  Rev.  Elijah  Waterman,  his  son-in-law, 
makes  the  following  entry  in  the  "Windham  Church  records  respecting 
his  death  :  '•  April  16,  1804,  Shubael  Abbe,  aged  59,  of  an  apoplectic  fit, 
between  the  hours  of  nine  and  ten  in  the  morning.  He  had  made  every 
preparation  and  arranged  all  his  business  for  the  purpose  of  going  to  Hart- 
ford as  a  manager  of  the  School  Fund.  He  went  out  at  the  door  to  see 
that  his  horse  was  ready,  and  as  he  was. returning  in  to  take  leave  of  his 
familj',  as  usual,  he  was  suddenly  struck  with  apoplexy,  and  sallied  down 
in  the  arms  of  his  wife  speechless;  and,  though  immediately  let  blood,  he 
died  in  a  few  minutes.  The  house,  where  domestic  felicity  ever  reigned, 
was  in  an  instant  changed  into  a  house  of  the  deepest  distress.  Our  life 
is  a  vapor  that  appeareth  a  little  while  and  vanishetliaway.  If  the  Lord 
will  I  shall  live  and  do  this  or  that;  what  God  does  is  well  done."  The 
following  epitaph  from  the  old  Windham  burying-ground,  contains  a  just 
tribute  to  his  worth  : 

In  memory  of  Shubael  Abbe,  Esq.,  who  died  suddenly  April  16,  1 804,  aged 
59.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  iu  1764.  lie  was  several  .years  in  the  busi- 
ness of  Merchandise,  and  by  his  own  exertions  Became  largely  engaged  in  hus- 
bandry. In  1783  he  was  appointed  sheriff  of  the  County"  of  Windliani  and 
continued  in  the  Most  punctual  and  unexcei;tionable  manner  to^^Discharge 
the  duties  of  that  office  till  his  deatli.  lie  was  often  ciiosen  representative  of 
the  town.  In  1798  he  was  appointed  by  thei'resident  One  of  the  <"oinmission- 
ers  of  the  L:ind  Tax  And  by  the  Assemblyjme  of  the  committee  To  manage  the 
School  Funds.  In  domestic  life  he  was  mdulgent  and  decisive.  In  public 
business,  active,  punctual  and  correct.  In'his  attachment  to  civil  and  religious 


82  HISTOKT    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 

Institutions  he  was  exemplar}'  and  to  the  Poor  and  afflicted  Immane  and  gener- 
ous.   His  ability  and  integrity  secured  to  him  the  Entetm  and  confidence  of  his 
fellow  citizens  "And  his  death  ^vas  extensively  and  deeply  Regretted.    He  left  a 
widow  three  sons  and  five  daughters  To  mourn  an  irreparable  loss. 
Tears  flow  nor  cease  where  Abbe's  ashes  sleep. 
For  him  a  wife  and  tenderest  children  weep 
Andjustly— for  few  shall  evei  transcend. 
As  husband,  parent  and  a  faithful  friend. 

The  chil.  of  Shubacl  and  Lucy  Abbe  were:  Lucy,  b.  May  21,  1778  ;  m. 
Rev.  Elijah  Waterman,  minister  at  Windham,  and  was  the  mother  of 
the  Rev.  Thomas  T.  Waterman,  a  Congregational  clergyman,  who  has 
been  settled  at  Providence,  Killingly  and  other  places  ;  Nancy,  b.   Feb. 

24,  1780,  m. Darling,  of  New  Haven,  d.  in  New  York ;  Lucretia,  b. 

Jan.  12,  1782,  m.  Zephaniah  Ripley,  of  Windham,  d.  in  the  State  of  New- 
York  ;  Chester,  twin  of  Lucretia,  b.  Jan.  12,  1782,  d.  at  Windham,  aged 
about  50,  unm.  ;  Freelove,  b.  Oct.  21,  1784,  m.  David  Y'oung,  Esq.,  a  law- 
yer of  Windham,  and  was  the  mother  of  Gen.  David  Young,  of  Norwich  ; 
Lricius,  1st,  b.  Oct.  6,  1786,  d.  Dec.  6, 1786  ;  Betsey,  h.  Jan.  25,  1787,*  d. 
unm.  at  Bridgeport,  Sept.  22,  1809 ;  Christopher,  h.  Oct.  9,  1789,  d.  a  few, 
years  since  in  Coventry,  unm.;  Lucius,  2d,  b.  April  3,  1792,  called  "up 
town  Lucius,"  m.  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Young,  wid.  of  Edward,  of  Philadelphia, 
April  18,  1813.  Her  maiden  name  was  Viol,  of  Newport,  R.  1.;  he  d. 
Nov.  5,  1841.  \l!hil.:  Antoinette  C,  b.  Nov.  11, 1814,  m.  Augustus  Storrs, 
of  Mansfield,  Sept.  11,  18o9,  has  two  dans.,  Harriet  Fitch  and  Maria  An- 
toinette, resides  in  New  Y'ork,  Ann  W.,  b.  at  Windham,  Sept.  15,  1817, 
d.  March  IG,  1819,  Harriet  Fitch,  b.  July  27,  1822,  m.  Samuel  S.  Hovey, 
of  Mansfield,  has  one  dau.,  Katie  L.,  Mary  B.,  b.  April  17, 1826,  m.  Frank- 
lin Dunham,  of  Mansfield,  Jan.  2.  1853. 

16.  Phineas  Abbk  was  a  respected  and  prosperous  farmer  of  Windham. 
His  homestead  was  south  of  Windham  Center,  owned  a  few  years  since 
by  his  son,  the  late  George  Abbe,  and  now  by  the  Lynches. 

Phineas  Abbk  m.  1st,  Mary  Bingham,  dau.  of  Gideon,  sen.,  Dec.  7, 
1767;  shed.  July  29,  1777 ;  m.  2d,  Susanna  Brown,  probably  dau.  of 
Thomas,  of  Windham,  Dec.  2,  1778  ;  he  d.  June  18,  1800,  aged  54;  she 
d.  April  26,  1804.  His  inventory  amount-^'d  to  159919.40,  and  he  owned 
325  acres  of  land.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Lxicy,  b.  Oct.  16,  1768,  d.  Dec.  13, 
1774  ;  Betsey,  b.  Nov.  2,  1771,  d.  Dec.  21,  1774  ;  Mary,  b.  March  29,  1773, 
m.  Charles  Taintor,  of  Windliam;  (20)  Jo&htia,  b.  Feb.  15,  1775  :  Lucy, 
2d,  b.  Dec.  30,  1776,  m.  Gen.  Jedediah  Johnson,  of  Canterbury  ;  chil.  by 
2d  wife :  Thomas,  h.  Oct.  22,  1779,  was  mate  of  a  vessel  from  Norfolk, 
•went  to  St.  Christopher,  W.  1.,  and  probably  d.  there  ;  (21)  George,  b.  May 
17, 1781 ;  Charles,  b.  Jan.  17, 1783,  m.  Mary  Welch  and  d.  in  the  State  of 
New  York;  Phineas,  b.  Dec.  6,  1784,  d.  aged  6  weeks;  Susanna,  twin  of 
Phineas,  b.  Dec.  6.  1784,  d.  aged  9  weeks;  (22)  Moses   Cleveland,  b.  Nov. 

*  There  is  some  discrepancy  m  these  dates,  which  are  copied  exactly  from 
the  town  records,  that  we  ure  unable  to  reconcile. 


OENEALOOT. 


23 


16,1785;  Lucius,  twin  of  Moses  C,  b.  Nov.  16,  1785,  m.  Jilartlia  Johnson, 
dau.  of  Oliver,  of  Franklin,  about  1811.  lie  removed  about  1846  to  Lak« 
Mills,  Jefferson  Co.,  Wis.,  where  he  d.  about  1856.  Ilis  wid.  was  living 
in  1860.  They  had:  Edward,  who  is  m.  and  resided  at  Lake  Milks, 
1860,  Frances,  m.  James  Pain,  of  Pomfret,  and  d.  in  Wisconsin  about 
1841,  Caroline,  b.  April  1,  1819,  m.  Marvin  Spafibrd,  d.  about  1840,  Hen- 
ry lives  in  Wisconsin ;  Henry,  b.  Sept.  6, 1787,  was  killed  in  battle  in  South 
America  ;  Samuel,  b.  June  7,  1789,  was  a  physician,  m.,  and  was  in  the 
war  of  1812.  He  shot  himself. 
17.  Rev.Ioshua  Aebf,  jr.,lived  near  North  Windham,inwhatis  now  Chap 
lin.  He  was  a  preacher  of  the  Christian  denomination,  and  was  very  ac- 
tive among  the  •'  Separatists"  and  "  Come-outers"  of  his  day.  From  what 
we  have  learned,  we  judge  he  was  a  man  of  strong  religious  impulses,  of  a 
somewhat  excitable  temperament,  and  "  down"  on  the  orthodox  preach- 
ers. Ilo  ir,  well  remembered  by  many  ^citizens  of  this^^and  neighboring 
towns,  who  have  often  heard  him  preach. 

He  ra.  1st,  Tryphena  Bass,  dau.  of  Henry,  of  Windham,  Nov.  19,  1771, 
she  d.inChaj^  i'vi,  July  29, 1815,  aged  63  ;  m.  2d,  a  wid.  Rogers;  he  emigra- 
ted late  in  life  ic  L  eroy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  Chil.,  all  by  1st  wife  :  Sarah,  b. 
Feb.  13,  1772,  m.  Elisha  Whipple,  Feb.  23,  1800;  Alice,  b.  Nov.  21,  1773,  • 
d.  y. ;    EUzabsth,  b.  Dec.  26,  1775,  m.  Judah  Back,  Nov.  22,  1801,  3  chil. 
living;  Hinrij,  b.  Dec,  18,  1777,  d.  num.,  was  a  sea  faring  man;  Li/dia,  b. 
Oct.  21,  1779,  m.    John  Clark,   of  Windham,  his   2d  wife,   and   was  the 
mother  of  L.  H.  Clark,  Esq.,  of  AVillimantic,  she  d.  at  W^illimantic,  July 
25,  1854;. Jesse,  b.  Feb.  14,  1783,  emigrated  to  Ohio,  rn.  Lorinda  Dorman, 
and  had  family,  from  there  wertt  to  Van  Buren,  Mich.,  kepthotel,d.  about 
1859  ;  Sf/bil,  b. March  15,  1785,  m.  Lucius  Fitch,  1805,  settled  in  Ohio  and 
had  family ;  George   Wyllys,  b.   Feb.  10,  1787,   resides  in   Windham  ;  m. 
1st,  Freeloie   Phillips,  of  Mansfield,  1818;  m.  2d,  Eunice    Huntington, 
dau.  of  Roger,  of  Windham,  she  d.    April  5, 1:^30,  aged  about  44;  m.  3d, 
—  Woodvrorth  ;   child  by  1st  wife,  b.  1818,  d.  an  infant,  John  Taintor,  b. 
1819,  was  in  U.  S.  army,  last  heard  from  at  Alexandria,  La.,  unm., supposed 
dead,  Freelove,  b.  Feb.  1820,  m.  about  1839,  Mr.  Carpenter,  d.  about  1841 ; 
Eunice,  b.  April  10,  1789,   m.  Charles  Champlin,  of  Windham,  Sept.  28, 
1809,  removed  to  Ohio,  had  2  chil.  living  there  ;  Sophia,  b.  Sept.  6,  1791, 

m.  Moore,  living  in  Ohio;  Eliiha,h.  June  25,  1794,  went  with  his 

brother  Jesse  to  Ohio  and  d.  there  about  1815  ;  Lucy,  b.  July  3, 1797,  m. 

Moore,  living  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

18.  Elisha  Abbe  lived  in  Windham  Center.  He  m.  Jerusha  Webb, 
dau.  of  Samuel,  of  Windham,  Oct.  27,  1774;  he  d.  Aug.  16,  1829.  aged 
75  ;  she  d.  Dec.  29, 1829,  aged  80.  Chil.:  Betsey,  h.  Dec.  13,  1775,  m. 
Abner  Lathrop  ;  Beta,  h.  Dec.  18.  1777,  d.  aged  25,  unm, ;  Alfred,h.  Aug. 
19,  1779,  d.  April  13,  1781;  male  child,  twin  of  Alfred,  d.  same  day;  Jc- 
rusha^  b.  Nov.  14,  1781,  m.  Oapt.  John  McGouty,   a  sea   captain,  fh)ra 


24  HISTORY   OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 

Yiriiiniii,  of  Scctcli  descent.  lie  cl.  in  North  Carolina  and  left  a  faittily 
in  Windham;  NatJuiiiuLh.  Oct.  21,  17^3,  d.  aged  about  14;  Eiiima,  b. 
April  18,1785,  m.  1st,  Elisha  Kinne,  ni.  2d,  ^Matthew  Smith,  of  Chaplin. 
She  resides  in  Windham  a  widow;  Manj,  b.  Oct.  9,  1787,  m.  Huntington 
Fitch,  hed.  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  she  resides  in  China,  Mich. 

19.  Solomon  Abbe,  jr.,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Lucy  Johnson,  dau.  of  John,  of 
Lebanon,  March  10,  17G8.  He  d.  July  29, 1840,  aged  94,  though  the  rec- 
ords say  97.  He  resided  in  Mansfield  and  had  chil.:  Gideon.,  b.  April  0, 
1769,  ra.  probably  Sybil  Campbell,  dau.  of  Zuriel,  Dec.  10,  1789,  and  had 
Lorey,b.  May  12,  1791,  and  Abel,b.  Aug.  1792,  went  to  Vermont ;  Sarah, 
b.  Feb.  18,  1771 ;  Solomo7i,  b.  Feb.  9,  1774;  [A  Solomon  Abbe,  jr.,  m.  Fan- 
ny Learned,  March  20,  1820  ;]  OUve,  b.  May  10, 1776  ;  Eleazer,  b.  Dec.  16, 
1778,  m.  Lydia  Agard,  of  Stafford,  Feb.  16,  1802,  and  had  Lucius,  b.  Dec. 
19,  1802,  Philomela,  b.  Dec.  19,  1804,  George,  b.  Dec.  12,  1806,  and 
Leonard,  b.  Jan,  9,  1813 ;  Rhoda,  h.  March  2,  1781,  ra.  Jesse  Crane,  and 
was  mother  of  the  late  Dea.  Millen  Crane  of  Mansfield ;  Hiddah,  b. 
May  16,  1783;    (23)  Simeon,  b.  July  16  or  17,  1785. 

20.  Joshua  Abbk,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  was  clerk  to  Mr.  Woodbridge  in 
Norwich,  where  he  probably  staid  until  he  was  twentj'-one,  and  then 
went  to  New  London.  He  went  to  New  Gioiteester,  Maine,  in  1802  or  3, 
with  Mr.  Godfry  Grosvenor.  He  was  ra.  at  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15, 1815, 
by  Rev.  Dr.  John  Chester,  to  Marcia  Grosvenor,  at  the  house  of  Hon. 
Elisha  Williams,  her  brother-in-law.  Removed  to  Bangor,  Me.,  1832, 
lived  there  eight  yeswrs,  then  having  retired  from  busine.ss,  wont  to  live 
with  his  only  child,  Mrs.  S.  C.  FessonJen,  at  Rockland,  Me.,  (then  East 
Thomaston)  where  he  d.  Jan.  20,  1849,  aged  74.  He  was  a  successful 
merchant,  and  a  man  of  fine  presence  and  gentlemanl}^  deportment.  His 
wife,  Marcia  Grosvenor,  was  dau.  of  Seth  and  Abigail  (Kej^es)  Grosven- 
or, and  was  b.  at  Pomfret,  Ct.,  Oct.  23, 1780 ;  she  d.  Dec.  20,  1857,  aged 
87.  Their  only  child  was:  3Iary  Abigail  Grosvenor,  b.  Atig.  17,  1816,  m.- 
Hon.  and  Rev.  Samuel  Chandler  Fessenden  (nephew  of  Senator  Fessen- 
den)  Aug.  30,  1838,  and  has  had  twelve  children,  eleven  of  which  were 
Fecentl}'  living. 

21.  George  Abbe,  m.  Charlotte  Ilackstaft',  of  New  York  city,  was  in 
business  in  New  York  many  years,  and  successful.  Some  years  since  he 
purchased  his  father's  homestead  and  returned  to  Windham,  where  hed. 
Sept.  1851,  aged  71.  Their  chil.  were:  S:cnmel,  ra.  Abby  Fuller;  /ose- 
pldne,  ra.  George  Fuller,  of  Minnesota,  x4pril  4,  1860;  George,  m.  Martha 
A:in  Youle ;  Ann,  m.  James  M.  Johnson,  of  Windham  ;  Mary  TainLor  \ 
William  Hackstaff. 

22.  Mo3E3  Cleveland  ABBsm.  Talitha  Waldo,  dau.  of  Zacheus  (she  b. 
March  10,  1789)  Feb.  1,  1809,  by  Rjv.  Mr.  Andrews.  They  are  living 
two  miles  south  of  Win  iham  Center.  Their  chil.  are:  Susavk  Brown,  \>. 
April  15,  1810,  m.  Andrew  Frink,  jr.,  of  Windham;  (24)  George  Waldo,  b. 


GENEALOGY.  25 

Oct,  2G,  1811 ;  Eliza  Tcdntor,  b.  Sept.  2.3,  1814,  m.  Henry  S.  Walcott,  of 
Windham  ;  J\lanj  or  Maridte,  b.  Aug.  24,  181G,  m.  Charles  Smith,  of 
.South  Windliam;  Joshua  Grosvenor^  b.  June  26,  1827,  m.  Sarah  E.  Fuller, 
ofWindham,  June  17,  1802,  resides  in  New  York  city  ;  John  Randolph^ 
b.  July  12,  1833,  m.  1st,  Lucy  Avery,  she  d.  May  27, 18G0;  m.  2d,  Jose- 
phine L.  Robbins,  of  Windham,  Dec.  28,  18G1,  resides  in  Providsnce. 

23.  Simeon  Abbe,  m.  Ist,  Anna  Crane,  dau.  of  Ilezekiah,  jr. ;  she  d» 
Oct.  .5,  1822 ;  m.  2d,  Lydia  Nichols,  Nov.  28,  1822;  she  d.  July  17,  1851  ; 
ha  is  still  living  in  Mansfield.  Cuil.  by  1st  wife:  Lncij,  b.  June  25, 1810, 
resides  with  her  father;  Fearing,  b.  Nov.  8,  1811,  m.  Julia  A* 
Thompson,  no  chil.,  living  in  Hartford  ;  Aastin,  h.  May  4  or  5,  1813,  ni. 
Clarissa  Gordon,  of  Aslifonl,  she  d.  1859,  and  left  chil. Luther  A.,  Fearing 
W.,  Adeline  C.  Amanda  J.  ;  Ltici/  Ann,  b.  Julj^  2G,  1820,  m.  Joseph 
Woodward,  of  Mansfield  Hollow,  resides  in  Mansfield,  3  chil.  Chil.  by 
2d  wife:  Louisa  I.,  b.  Oct.  2G,  1823,  m.  Samuel  D.  Thomson,  has  family, 
living  in  Illinois  ;  Elisha,  b.  Nov.  17, 1825,  d.  Nov.  18,  1825  ;  Clark  Crainf 
b.  Oct.  12,  182G,  m.  1st,  Mrs.  Sarah  Young,  March  1,  1852,  she  d.  in  Ke- 
nosha, Wis.,  March  5,  1859,  m.  2d,  Adaline  A.  Hughes,  of  Ashford,  Dec. 
IG,  18G0,  living  in  Mass. ;  Albert,  b.  May  23,  1829,  m.  Amelia  M.  Philips, 
of  Mansfield,  dau.  of  Abel,  3  chil.,  living  in  Illinois;  Anna  Maria,  b. 
Sept.  4,  1831,  m.  Lester  AVhite,  3  chil.,  living  in  Ashford ;  Lydia  Sophia, 
b.  June  1,  1833,  m.  Samuel  Bailey,  3  chil.,  living  in  Illinois ;  Mariette,  b. 
Oct.  15,  1834,  m.  Henry  White,  she  d.  April  4,  185G,  no  chil.;  Martha 
Lucina,  b.  Aug.  29,  1837,  m.  Henry  C.  Thompson,  May  1,  185G,  had  one 
child,  Ella   L.,   b.    March   9,  18G2,  d.  Sept.  .30, 18G3,  living  in  Leeds,  Mass. 

24.  George  Waldo  Abbe  m.  Charlotte  Colgate,  (she  b.  March  23, 
1817,)  Jan.  19,  1837,  in  New  York  citj^,  where  they  reside.  Their  chil. 
are  :  Cleveland,  b.  Dec.  3,  1838.  He  is  connected  with  the  U.  S.  Coast 
Survey,  and  at  present  resides  in  old  Cambridge,  ]Mass.  We  are  under 
manj'^  obligations  to  him  for  facts  and  records  respecting  the  Abbes.  He 
very  generously  paid  the  expense  of  a  thorough  search  of  the  early  rec- 
ords of  Salem  and  Wenham,  and  all  the  descendants  of  John  Abbe,  sen., 
of  Wenham,  are  under  lasting  obligations  to  him  for  his  contributions  to 
their  genealogy;  Walter,  b.  June  20,  1841;  William  Colgate,  b.  June  y, 
1843 ;  Charles  Colgate,  b.  Feb.  12, 1849  ;  Robert,  b.  April  13, 1851 ;  Hele7i,  b. 
Jmie  15,  1853 ;  Harriet  Colgate,  b.  June  17,  1855. 

THOMAS  ABBE,  THE  ENFIELD  SETTLER. 

4.  Thomas  ABBE,who  was  an  original  proprietor  and  early  settler  of  En- 
field, was  the  son  of  John,  sen.,  of  Wenham,as  Ls  proved  by  the  Essex  Pro- 
bate Records,  where  administration  of  "  estate  of  John  Abbey,  sen.,  of 
Wenham,  deceased,  intestate,"  granted  to  "  Thomas  Abbe,  of  Enfield,  in 
the  county  of  Hampshire,"  "  son  to  John  Abbey,  sen.,"  Dec.  12, 1702.  He 
was  probably  the  same  Thomas  Abbe  who  witnessed  the  deed  of  John  Ab- 
4 


26  1II:<T0RY    OF    AJJCIF.NT    WINDMA'!. 

be  to  his  son  Samuol,  March  29,  1(175,  and  the  sohlicr  of  Major  Applcton's 
company,  who  was  wounded  (not  killed,  as  wc  had  it  in  the  Journal), 
in  the  great  swamp  light  at  Narraganset  Fort,  (South  Kingston,  K.  I.,) 
Dec.  10,  1G75. 

Thomas  Abbe,  the  Enfield  settler,  d.  1728,  leaving  wife  Sarah  andchil. : 
Sarah,  b.  March  31,  1084  ;  Tliovias,  b.  1687,  ra.  Mary  Pease,  dan.  of  Capt, 
John,  1714;  he  d.  1745,  had  two  sops,  Obadiah,  b.  1728,  d.  1745 ,  Thom- 
as, b.  1731,  m.  Penelope  Terry,  wid.  of  Dr.  Ebenezer,  d.  1811,  leaving 
chil. ;  Joh»,  b.  161)2,  had  four  sons,  John,  b.  1717,  m.  Sarah  Root,  dau.  of 
Timothy,  of  Somers,  1739,  settled  in  east  part  of  Enfield,  d.  1794,  leaving 
two  sons,  Thomas, b.  1721, Daniel, b.  1726,  both  d.  at  Cape  Breton,  1745, 
no  chil.,  and  Richard,  b.  1735,  m.Mary  Bennet,  dau.  of  Capt.  Dennis,  and 
left  chil.;   Tabatha. 

Thomas  Abbe,  the  Enfield  settler,  has  many  descendants,  and  the 
name  is  still  found  at  Enfield  and  vicinity.  "We  have  made  cftbrts  to  ob- 
tain more  extended  records  of  the  early  families  of  this  branch,  but  have 
not  been  successful.     The  following  Abbes  graduated  at  Yale  College  : 

Shubael,  1764,  Windham. 

Alanson,  1821,  Medical  School,  M.  D. 

Edward  Payson,  1848. 

Frederick  Randolph,  1848. 

Burr  Reeve,  Medical  School,  M.  D. 

David  Aver}'-  Abbe,  Rev.,  1838. 

Cleveland  Abbe,  Manhatten,  1857. 

AVilliam  A.  Abbe,  Amherst,  1859. 

Carlcton  Clark  Abby,  graduated  Middlebury,  1845. 


ABBOT. 

1.  George  xVsBOt,  from  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  about  1040,  one  of  the  settlers 
of  Andover,  Mass.,  1643,  had  been  at  Roxbury  pi'eviously,  was  the  ances- 
tor of  the  "Windham  (Ilampton)  Abbots.  He  was  a  worthy  and  respect- 
ed man.  He  m.  Hannah  Chandler,  dau.  of  AVilliam,  of  Roxbury,  Dec.  12, 
1646,  who,  tradition  says,  came  over  in  the  same  ship.  He  d.  Dec.  24, 
1681,  aged  60,  and  his  wid.  m.  Rev.  Francis  Dane,  his  3d  wife,  who  out- 
lived him,  and  d.  June  11,  1711,  aged  82.  Their  chil.  were:  John,  b. 
March  2,  1648,  m.  Sarah  Barker,  had  family  at  Andover,  was  deacon, 
selectman,  &c.,  and  d.  ]March  19,  1721 :  Joseph,  1st,  b.  March  11,  1649,  d. 
June  24,  1660,  the  first  on  the  record  at  Andover ;  Hannah,  b.  June  9, 
1650,  m.  John  Chandler;  Joseph,  2d,  b.  March  30,  1652,  was  killed  by 
Indians,  April  8,  1670,  the  earliest  victim  of  the  war  in  Andover  ;  George, 
b.  June  7,  1655,  m.  Dorcas  Graves,  of  Andover,  had  family  ;  (2)  (yniiam, 


cENr.Ai.ncr.  27 

b.  Nov.  18,  1657,  ancestor  of  the  Hampton  Abbots;  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  14, 
1049,  m.  Epbraim  Stevens;  Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  20,  1G51,  m.  Sarah  Farn- 
uin ;  Timothy,  b.  Nov.  17,  1GG3,  wa.s  taken  by  the  Indians  in  1G7G,  when 
about  12  years  old,  held  several  months,  m.  Hannah  Graves;  Thomas,  b. 
May  G,  IGGG,  m.  Hannah  Gray;  Edward,  d.  j. ;  Naihaitiel,\).  July  4, 
1G71,  m.  Dorcas  Hibbert;  Elizahtth,  b.  Feb.  9,  1G73,  m.  Nathan  Stevens.: 

2.  William  Abbot,  of  Andover,  ra.  Elizabeth  Geary,  dau.  of  Nathaniel, 
of  Roxbury,  June  19,  1682;  she  d.  Dec,  1712;  hod.  Oct.  24,  1713,  Chil. 
i:;tzrt?;e///,  b. April  29, 1683,  m.  Joseph  Phelps;  William,  b.  March  17, 
1685,  d.  Oct.  28,  1713  ;  George,  1st,  ,  b.  March  19,  1687,  d.  y. ;  Ezra,  b. 
Julyi7,  1689 ;  George,  2d,  b.  Dec.  22,  1691,  d.  y. ;  Nathan,  b.  Dec.  10, 
1692;  /ames,  b.  Feb.  12,  1G95;  (3)  Prut/,  b.  March  28,  1697,  settled  hi 
Windham  (Hampton Society) ;  (4)  PAuY/yj,  b.  April  3,  1699,  also  settled 
in  Windham;  Hannah.^  h.  April  5,1701;  Caleh,h.  1704;  Zehadiah,h. 
1706. 

3  Paul  Abbot,  removed  from  Andover  to  Pomfret,  Ct.,  about  1722, 
and  from  thence  to  Windham  (Hampton).  His  first  purchase  of  land  in 
Windham  was  Dec.  6,  1721.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a  member  of  the 
Windham  Village  church  (Hampton).  Chil.:  Nathan,  b.  in  Andover, 
April  11,  1721,  m.  Eunice  Marsh,  settled  in  Ashford,  had  family ;  William, 
b.  Feb.  18,  1723,  in  Windham,  m.  Jerusla  Stowell,  resided  in  Pomfret, 
d.  Nov.  I,  1805;  (5)  Benjamin,  b.  July  25,  1724;  Elizabeth,  1st,  b.  Feb. 
5,  1726,  d.  Sept.  10,  1736;  Mari/,  b.  Marcli  3,  1728,  m.  Joshua  Holt,  jr., 
of  Hampton  ;  Sarah,  b.  (Jet.  15,  1730,  m.  Joseph  Ingalls,  of  Pomfret,  d. 
Jan.  30,  1810;  haac^  h.  Aug.  29,  1732,  m.  Sarah  Barker,  of  Pomfret,  re- 
moved to  Milford,  N.  11.;  Baring,  b.  Oct.  16,  1734,  m.  Mary  Holt,  resided 
ia  Amherst,  N.  II.,  d.  1817  ;  Elizabeth,  2d,  b.  July  20,  1737,  m.  Joseph 
Phelps,  of  Pomfret,  d.  in  Lexington,  April  7,  1828,  aged  91;  Harriet,  b. 
Feb.  13,  1739;  d.  Sept.  18,  1740  ;  Hannah,  b.  June  20,  1741,  d.  Nov.  18, 
1763,  unm. ;  Asa,  b.  Ja?i.  7,  1743,  d>  unm. 

4.  Phillip  Abbot,  came  to  Windham  (Hampton  Society)  about  1722. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  church  in  that  Society,  He  m.  Abigail  Bick- 
ford,  Oct.  20,  1723,  d.  about  1748.  Chil.:  John,  1st,  b.  July  12,  1724,  d. 
July  18,  1740  :  (6)  Abiel,  b.  March  3,  172G  ;  SlAqjhen,  b.  April  21, 1728,  m. 
Freelove  Burgess,  settled  in  Ashford,  had  family  ;  Hannah,  b.  March  16, 
1730,  m.  Samuel  Utley ;  3iar;/,h.  July  G,  1732,  m.  Stephen  Fuller,  re- 
moved to  AVjoming,  Pa.,   and  were  involved  in  the  teirible  massacre  at 

that  place;    Zebadiah,   b. ,  d.    Dec.  2,  1736;  Josejih,   b.  Feb.    14, 

1735,  resided  at  Ellington,  Ct.,  colonel  of  Militia  in  Kevolution,  was  a 
wealthy  farmer,  highly  respected  for  his  patriotism,  understanding  and 
moral  character.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Stedman,  had  family,  d.  Jan.  5,1814 ; 
(7)  John,  b.  Sept.  27,  1741. 

5.  Benjamin  Abbot  resided  in  Canterbury  and  Hampton  until  about 
1793,  when  he  removed  to  Brookfield,  Vt.     Hem.    Ist,  Mary  Ann  An- 


28         .  TIFSTORY    OF    AXfTENT    WIN'PHAM. 

(Irews,  Jan.  28,  174G;  slie  d.  Dae.  8,  1788;  m.  2(1,  wid.  Hannah  Brown, 
of  Canterbury,  June  30,  1793.  Chil.by  1st  wife:  Henri/,  1st,  b.  Nov.  12, 
1740,  d.  Jan.  27,  1749;  Henry,  2d,  h.  Jan.  4,  1749,  m.  Sarah  Greenslit, 
dau.  of  John,  April  7,  1772,  had  Stephen,  b.  Aug.  21,  1775,  Levina,  b, 
Oct.  13,  1777,  Iriel,  b.  Jan.  17,  1780,  Sally,  b.  May  20,  1782,  d.  Sept.  25, 
1815,  Betsey,  b.  Oct.  8,  1784,  Hardhi,  b.  May  3,  1787,  Eunice,  b.  July  2, 
1791,  Assenath,  b.  Oct.  9,  1793,  after  which  went  to  Brookfield,  Yt. ; 
S/ephen,  b.  May  23,  1751,  d.  Aug.  21,  1754  ;  Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  21,  1753, 
d.  Aug.  21,  1754;  Marij,  b.  Aug.  4,  1754,  m.  Thomas  Adams  at  Brook- 
field,  Yt. ;  (8)  Asa,  b.  May  25,  1750;  hahel,  ra.  Samuel  Preston  ;  Han- 
nah, b.  Feb.  10,  1759,  m.  Joseph  Collins  ;  Tryphena,  b.  Sept.  22,  1700,  m. 
Abner  Ashley,  of  Tolland  ;  Louisa,  b.  Dec.  24,  1702,  d.  March  10,  1800, 
at  N.  Y. ;  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  2,  1704,  m.  Lucy  Flint,  lived  in  Brookfield> 
Yt,  d.  Sept.  12,  1829. 

G.  Abiel  Abbot,  of  Hampton,  was  a  farmer,  much  respected  for  his 
good  sense,  moral  and  religious  character  and  usefulness.  He  ra.  Ab- 
igail Fenton,  June  5,  1750  ;  he  was  found  dead  in  a  field.  May  21,  1772, 
supposed  d.  in  a  fit;  his  wid.  m.  John  Chamberlain,  of  Amenia  Precinct,  N. 
Y.  Chil.:  Phiin.j>,h.  March  23,  1751,  m.  1st,  Anna  Hewet,  July,  1775, 
and  had  Amasa,  b.  April  27,  1770,  Aurelia,  b.  July  1,  1777,  Phillip  b. 
April  14,  1781;  m.  2d,  Mabel  Merrit.  He  emigrated  to  Kingston,  Pa.,  d. 
1834,  aged  83;  James,  h.  March  9,  1753,  m.  Hannah  Denison,  dau.  of  Dan- 
iel, jr.,  Jan.  1,  1778;  she  d.  Jan.  17,  1784,  had  Daniel  and  Elijah,  and  em- 
igrated to  Alleghany  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  hed.  1830;  Abiel,  b.  Nov.  28,  1754, 
m.  Iluth  Hovey,  Nov.  13,  1777,  had  family,  lived  in  East  Windsor  and 
Willington,  1832;  AbigaU,h.  Feb.  21,  1703,  m.  Col.  Joseph  Utley,  of 
Hartford,  d.  1843;  Anna,  b.  Sept.  18,  1705,  ra.  Seth  Lathrop,  M.  D.,  d. 
in  Armada,  Mich.,  1840. 

7.  John  Abbot  emigrated  to  Wyoming,  Pa.,  was  in  the  battle  there 
1778,  and  escaped,  but  was  soon  after  taken,  killed  and  scalped  by  the 
Indians,  while  attempting  to  save  a  portion  of  his  harvest.  His  house, 
barn  and  furniture  were  burned  and  his  cattle  lost.  His  widow,  in  a  state 
of  utter  destitution,  and  nine  children,  the  eldest  son  nine  years  old,  beg- 
ged their  way  to  their  friends  in  Hampton.  He  m.  Alice  Fuller,  dau.  of 
Stephen,  1st  b.,  Nov.  4,  1702,  and  had  chil. ;  Alice,  b.  April  17,  1704,  d. ; 
Abigail,  1st,  Dec.  15,  1705,  d.  y. ;  Stephen,  1st,  b.  Dec.  0, 1707,  d.  June 
10,  1770  ;  Charles,  b.  June  3,  1709  ;  Stephen,  2d,  b.  April  29,  1771;  Abi- 
g'fti/,  2d,  d.  unm.;  Reuben;  Li/dia;  Sdenda;  Mctri/ and  Hannah,  U\ins  ; 
Sarah,  b.  Feb.  28, 1778. 

8.  Asa  Abbot,  of  Hampton,  m.  Sarah  (Bidlack)  Fuller,  wid.  of  Ste- 
phen, Feb.  7,  1782.  [Stephen  Fuller  was  killed  by  Indians  at  Wyoming, 
Pa.,  at  or  about  the  time  of  the  massacre  there,  July  3,  1778,  leaving  an 
only  dau.,  Polly,  by  Sarah  Bidlack  above,  who  came  with  her  mother  to 
Hampton,  and  afterwards   m.    Ebenezer   Oriffin,    Esq.)      Asa    Abbot  b. 


GENKALOOV.  1\) 

Aug.  10,  1834;  Sarah,  bis  wid.,  d.  Jaii.31,  18o7,  aged  81.  Chil. :  Patti/^ 
1st,  b.  Nov.  13, 1783,  d.  aged  3  years ;  (9)  James,  b.  Oct.  28, 1785  ;  Patfi/, 
2d,  b.  June  13,  1787,  m.  Dorancc  Knox,  of  Plainfield  ;  Olive,  b.  IMarch  28, 
1790,  m.  Marvin  Tngalls,  d.  aged  53,  no  cliil.  ;  SfZ/y,  b.  July  31,  1792, 
m.  Ebenezer  Grcenslit,  liad  Himily ;  (10)  Chaunrei/,  b.  May  8,  1794; 
(in  Wa)-re7i,h.  Oct.  3,  1796. 

9.  Capt.  James  Abbot,  farmor,of  Hampton,  m.  Assenatli  Burnet,  dau.  of 
James,  Esq.,  Jan.  20,  1814.  He  perished  near  his  residence  when  re- 
turning from  mill  late  in  the  evening  in  a  severe  snow  storm,  Dec.  17, 
1839.  Their  chil.  were  :  Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  28,  1815,  m.  Thomas 
Farnham,  of  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  d.  May,  1842  ;  Harriet,  b.  Oct.  14,  1810,  m. 
Frederick  L.  Kisley  ;  James  Bar  net,  h.  Dec.  3,  1818,  m.  Amanda  Atwood  ; 
L'>ra  Hammond,  b.  May  21,  1821 ;  Sjn,  b.  Aug.  23,  1823,  d.  same  day; 
C/ifoe  Eliza,  b.  Oct.  11, 1824,  m.  Thomas  Farnham  ;  William  Asa,  b.  Feb. 
0,  1827  ;  Elwi,i,  h.  Sept.  30,  1829,  d.  Nov.  27,  1830;  M.iria  dcelia,  h. 
Sept.  12,  1831. 

10.  Chauncey  Abbot,  Hampton,  shoemaker,  m.  Mary  Ann  Fuller,  dau. 
of  Rufus,  March  11, 1821.  Chil. :  Georr/e  Prentiss,  b.  Oct.  25, 1821 ;  Charlet 
Fuller,  h.  Aug.  13,  1823,  d.  Jan.  21.  1850 ;  David  Edioard,  b.  Feb.  13, 
1825  ;  Tlioraas  H,  b.  March  17,  1827  ;  Lucius,  b.  Feb.  25,  1829,  d.  July 
10,  1851;  Jolia  Francis,  b.  Feb.  7,  1833;  3Iari/  Ann,  b.  Jan.  24,1835; 
Sirah,  b.  March  13,  1837,  d.  Aug.  21,  1857;  Henrietta  P.,  b.  Feb.  26, 1839. 

11.  "Warren  Abbot,  Hampton,  joiner,  m.  Maria  E.  Franklin,  of  Brook- 
lyn, Feb.  22, 1823.  Chil. :  Sarah  Ann  Bidlacl;  b.  Jan.  23,  1824,  d.  Aug. 
5,  1825;  Hnri/  Warrai,  b.  Oct.  18,  1820;  ElwinHall,  b.  May  30,  1830. 


ADAMS. 

Doer.  David  Adams,  from  Canterbury,  practiced  medicine  in  Scotland 
Society,  and  removed  to  Mansfield,  where  he  d.,  1790.  He  m.  Lucy 
Fitch,  Oct.  29,  1761,  and  had  chil.:  Lacy,  b.  Aug.  7,  1762;  David  Angus- 
tus,h.Ja,n.,  1764,  not  named  in  will,  1790;  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  16,1768;  Ma- 
ry, b.  Dec.  10,  1771. 

Doct.  David  Adams,  was  uncle,  we  believe,  to  Dr.  Jabez  Adams  named 
below. 

DocT.  Jabez  Adajis,  who  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  physician  in 
Mansfield,  was  the  son  of  Phiueas  Adams,  of  Canterbury,  was  b.  Aug.  23, 
1768.  He  m.  Lucy  Swift,  dau.  of  Barzillai  Swift,  Esq.,  of  Mansfield,  for 
1st  wife,  April  10, 1793;  she  d.  Jan.  11,  1S14.  Their  chil.  were  :  Harriet, 
b.  Aug.  25,  1794,  m.  James  Brown,  of  Springfield,  Oct.  1826,  d.  Dec.  18, 
1844;  /Z'^Mz-y,  1).  March  30,  1796,  m.  Frances  Bliss,  Springfield,  Nov.  10, 
1825,  d.  April  29,  1858  ;    Ahigail  L.,  h.  Feb.  28,    1798,  d.  Oct.    1,  1813  ; 


30  HISTORY    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 

Lnoy  S.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1799,  m.  Dea.  Reuben  Bishop,  of  Lisbon,  Dec.  3, 1828 ; 
Jabez,  h.  Jan.  11,  1802,  d.  Feb.  11,  1802 ;  Washington  S.,  b.  Jan.  G,  1803, 
(1.  Oct.  3,  1813;  Eliza,  b.  April  23,  1805,  m.  Ezra  Bingham,  of  Lisbon, 
Sept.  29,  1830;  David  A.,h.  Feb.  0,1807,  m.  Harriet,  dau.  of  Dr.  Swift,  of 
Mansfield,  Dec,  1834;  Sarah  F.,  b.  March  20,  1809  ;  Alice  JR.,  h.  Feb.  10, 
1811,  m.  Col.  E.  S.  Fitch,  of  WilJimantic,  Sept.  G,  1836  ;  Fitch,  b.  Feb.  25, 
1813,  d.  March  18,1814 ;  Li/dia,  b.  Feb.  25,1813,  d,  same  day  ;  m.  2d,  Lucy 
Ensworth,  dau.  of  Dr.  Jedediah,  of  Pomfret,  April  12,  1815.  Chil.  by  2d 
wife:  Abigail  A.,  h.  A])vi\  15,  ISU,  d.  July  2,  l8iS;  Jabez  F.,h.  Sept. 
10, 1820,  d.  July  4,  1851.     He  d.  May  29,  1848  ;  his  wid.  is  still  living. 


AGAHD. 

John  Agaku  was  the  son  of  wid.  Esther  Agard  or  Egard,  who  became 
the  2d  wife  of  the  1st  Samuel  Storrs  of  Mansfield.  The  name  of  his 
father  or  the  maiden  name  of  his  mother  we  have  not  been  able  to  find. 
He  came  with  his  mother  and  father-in-law  to  Mansfield  after  1691.  He 
was  b.  before  1G85.  Hem.  jNlehitable  — — ,  June  8,  1709,  and  had  chil.: 
James,  h.  April  1,  1710,  m.  Abigail  Leach,  Jan.  24,  1734,  and  had  Amos,  b. 
June  23,  1735,  James,  b.  May  24,  1736,  Mehitable,  b.  Aug.  28,  1737,  Ab- 
igail, b.  July  9,  1738  ;  Juhii,  b.  April  11,  1712 ;  Joshua,  b.  July  24,  1714, 
m.  Sarah  Preston,  dau.  of  David,  of  Windham,  Nov.  11,  1748,  and  had 
Joseph,  b.  April  29,  1750;  Benjamin,  h.  J\x\j  13,1716;  by  wife  Eliza- 
beth, had:  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  20,  1750,  Nathan,  b.  April  29,  1754.  Caleb 
»nd  Joshua,  twins,  b.  Dec,  1754;  fa  dea.  Joshua  AgM'd  d.  at  "Willington, 
Jan.  31,  1830,  aged  77.  who  may  have  been  the  same  as  the  latter  not- 
withstanding the  discrepancy  of  dates,] ;  John,  1st,  b.  Aug.,  17G0'd.  May 
31,  1761,  John,  2d.  b.  April  11,  1762,  Mehitable,  I).  June  8,  1770;  Mehit- 
aUe,  b.  Oct.  14,  171>! ;  Hezekiah,  b.  ]\Iay  10,  17;22 ;  Judah,  b.  July  28, 
1724,  m.  tvid.  Experience  Crosby,  Nov.  18,  175G. 


ALLEN. 

There  were  many  Aliens  in  New  England  at  an  early  period  of  ite  eet- 
tlcment,  and  branches  of  at  least  three  families  found  their  way  to  "Wind- 
ham at  an  early  date. 

JOSHUA  ALLEN. 

Joshua  Allen  was  an  early  settler  of  Windham,  at  the  "Ponds," 
now  Mansfield.  He  purchased,  June  25,  1695,  a  1,000  acre  right  there 
(No.  18)  of  Daniel  Wetherell,  of  New  London,  an  original  proprietor. 


GENEALOGY. 


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His  home  lot  was  probably  near  tlie  "  Hollow."     He,  with  his  son  John, 
were  admitted  inhabitants  of  the  town  in   1G95,  where  he  came  from  to 
"Windham  is  not  ascertained.     Savage  sa3's  there  was  a  Joshua  Allen  of 
Yarmouth,  who  had  son  John,  b.  Sept.  20,  1672,  and  this  may  have  been 
the  same  as  our  settler.     The  name  of  his  wife  was  Mary.     He  d.   Dec. 
27,  1699 ;  his  wid.  m.  William  More  or  Moore,  July  17,  1700,  his  3d  wife, 
and  d.  Sept.  18,  1727.     Their  chiL,  according  to  inscription  on  her  grave- 
stone at  Windham,  were  :  Juhn,  m.   Mary  Fargo,  June  20,  1700,  had  son 
John,  b.  Nov.  23,  1701,  when  his  record  disappears;  Joshua,  was  living  in 
1706,  when  he  signed  a  deed — no  further  account ;  Gideon^  was  of  New- 
port, R.  I.,  Nov.  29,  1707;   Yelverton-    Samuel,  perhaps  settled  in  Coven- 
try, living  in  1734  ;  George,  was  of  Windham,  Nov.  8, 1731,  wlien  Joshua 
Allen,  of  Groton,  calls  him  his  uncle  ;  Elcazer,  m.  Mercy  Case,  resided  at 
Windham  Center,  and  owned  lot  No.  3,  (the  original  Gates  Homestead), 
which  he  sold  to  Benjamin  Lothrop,  of  Barnstable,  for   £o00,   Aug.   26, 
1731.     His  will  is  dated  Jan.  26, 1733-4,  and  proved  Feb.  26,  same  year. 
No  chil  named.     He  was  a  man  of  considerable  wealth  and  standing; 
Miriam,  m.  Jonathan  Simons,  the  ancestor  of  the  Windham  and   ^lans- 
field  families  of  that  name  ;  Mary,  m.    Ebenezer  Abbe,   the   ancestor  of 
the  most  numerous  branch  of  Windham  and  Mansfield  Abbes ;  Sarah. 
WILLIAM  ALLEN. 
1.  William  Allen,  from  Salem,  Mass.,  was  the  ancestor  of  the  South 
Windham  Allen  family.     In  company  with  Samuel   Hutchinson,   also  of 
Salem,  he  purchased  of  Rev.  Samuel  Whiting,   for   £120,  May  30,   1709, 
150  acres  of  land  partly  in  Windham  and  partly  in  Lebanon,  near  "  Pigeon 
Swamp."     This  tract  probably  included  the  homestead*  of  the  late  Amos 
1).  Allen,  a  short  distance  west  of  South  Windham   village,  where  his 
father  also  lived.     William  Allen,  the  settler,  wan  a  cooper. 

We  have  not  been  able  to  trace  out  the  progenitors  of  William  Allen 
■with  certainty.  It  would  seem  probable  that  he  might  have  been  a 
grandson  of  William  Allen,  the  settler  at  Salem  1626,  who  was  a  com- 
panion of  Roger  Conant.  Joseph  Allen,  of  Newport,  had  a  son  William, 
b.  in  1673,  (about  the  time  of  birth  of  our  William)  and  if  he  was  of  Sa- 
lem, (Mr.  Savage  says  perhaps  he  owned  land  there  1661,)  it  may  bo 
that  he  was  the  father  of  our  settler,  whose  eldest  son  was  named  Joseph. 
William  Allen,  the  settler,  d.  Dec.  15,  1747,  aged74or75.  His  will 
is  dated  Nov.  6,  1739-  In  it  he  names  wife  Mary,  who  d.  1666,  and  the 
following  chil.:  Joseph,  named  in  the  will  of  his  brother  WiUiam,  June 
26,  1782.  [A  Joseph  Allen,  of  Windham,  m.  Mary  Utley,  Jan.,  1723-4, 
and  had  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  21, 1726,  EUzabeth,  b.  Aug.  21,  1728,  Phineas,  b. 
,    April  17,  1730,  Samuel,  b.  April  4,  1732,  William,  b.  May  9, 1735.     This 

*  The  location  of  the  house  built  by  William  Allen  the  settler,  was  in  a  lot 
I  not  far  from  the  Erastus  Babcock  farm,  ou  laud  uo\r  owned,  we  believe,  by 
I  Klisha  H.  Holmes,  Esq.  It  was  on  or  near  one  of  th»  old  roads  from  Windham 
\i  to  Lebanon. 


32  History  of  ancijcnt  windham. 

may  have  been  the  son  of  William,  but  we  have  no  proof] ;  (2)  Amos  J 
Elizabeth,  b.  about  17U9,  m.  Joseph  Warner,  June  4,  1722,  had  family, 
d.  Feb.  26,  17G7,  aged  08  ;  William,  b.  about  1700.  d.  in  Lebanon,  Sept. 
19,  1785,  aged  85,  unm. ;  Swah^  living,  unm.,  1782;  Lijdla. 

2.  Amos  Allen,  ra.  Ann  Denison,  Nov.  8,  1739;  he  d.  about  1770;  his 
wid.  m.  Simeon  Spalding,  of  Killingly.  Chil.:  (3)  Amos,  jr.,  b.  Nov.  8^ 
1744-5 ;  (4)  Ahner,  b.  Dec.  30,  1757. 

3.  Amos  Allen,  jr.,  m.  1st,  Anna  Babcock,  dau.  of  Joseph,  July  13,1704 ; 
she  d.  Oct.,  1775  ;  m.  2d,  Jerusha  Frink,  dan.  of  Elias,  of  Windham,  Nov.  14, 

1770;  he  d.  March  28,1778.  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  Amelia,h.  June  10, 
1765,  ni.  John  Crocker,  of  Lebanon,  removed  to  Columbia,  Ohio,  d.  there  ; 
Bela,j  b.  May  20,  1707,  m.  Naomi  Phelps,  May  9,  1793,  and  had  Eunice, 
b*  Aug.  8,  1796,  when  he  removed  to  Whites-town,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  ; 
Lara,  b.  Feb.  8,  1770,  m.  Joshua  Smith;  Anna,  b.  Feb.  10,  1772,  m.  1st, 

Chandler,  m.  2d,  Joshua  Smith,  above  named,  his  2d  wife  ;    (5) 

Amos  Denison,  b.  March  13,  1774.  Chil.  by  2d  wife:  Oliver,  b.  Dec.  7, 
1777,  d.  March  22,  1797,  aged  20,  unm. ;  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  2,  1780,  m.  Alfred 
Smith,  went  to  N.  Y.  State,  d.  there;  John,  b.  Jan.  25,  1782,  d.  Jan.  30y 
1801,  aged  19  ;  Sally,  b.  Feb.  3,  1784,  m.  Eliphalet  Huntington,  of  Leb- 
anon, his  2d  wife ;  Jerusha,  b.  Jan.  10,  1780,  d.  March  21,  1805,  aged  19  ; 
Chester,  b.  May  30, 1788,  m.  Lydia  AYelch,  of  Windham, and  d.  in  Whites- 
town,  N.  Y. 

4.  Abner  Allen  ra.  Roxalana  Ilebard,  dau.  of  Joseph,  June  17,  1778, 
chil:  Vine,  b.  Oct.  4,  1779,  a  lawyer,  settled  in  Newbern,  N.  C.  and  was  a 
prominent  man  and  politician,  m.  Lydia  Cutting,  had  3  chil.:  Ahner 
Harvey,  b.  April,  1783,  m.  Cynthia  Palmer,  Oct.  18, 1807,  and  had  Wm. 
Fftch,  b.  July  28,  1808,  removed  to  Mansfield,  and  had  Yine  Albert,  b. 
Aug.  21,  1810,  C3-uthia  Ann,  b.  Nov.  13,  1812,  when  the  record  dissap- 
pears  ;  Fanny,  b.  April  25,  1785,  m.  John  French,  of  Colchester,  went  to 
Ohio.  Abner  Allen  and  son  Abner  II.,  it  is  said,,  emigrated  to  Cherry 
Valley,  N.  Y. 

5,  Amos  Denison  Allen  was  a  respected  citizen  of  the  town,  living 
on  the  old  homestead  near  South  Windham.  He  established  the  Cabinet 
business  in  1800,  and  carried  it  on  somewhat  extensively  ibr  many  years. 
He  m.  Lydia  Trac3%  dau.  of  Col.  Ebenezer,  of  Lisbon,  Aug.  18,  1796 ;  she 
d.  Sept.  20, 1850,  aged  70 ;  he  d.  x\iig.  19, 18-55,  Chil. :  Oliver,  1st,  b.  Jan. 
28,  1798,  d.  Sept  12,  1800;  Frederick,  b.  Sept.  11,  1799,  d.  Jan.  19,  1830 
aged  30;  Lydia,  b.  Dec.  10, 1801,  m.  Elisha  H.  Holmes,  resides  In  South 
Windham  ;  Oliver,  2d,  b.  Jan.  29,  1804^  resides  in  Califorijia,  has  two  sons, 
Giles  and  Charles;  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  17,  1806,  d.  Sep.  12,1855,  unm.;  Henry, 
b.  Oct.  31,  1807,  resides  in  Norwich,  Ct.,  has  family ;  Mary,  b.  April  30, 

1809,  m. ■  Denison ;  Edward,   b.    March  27,  1811,  m.  1st,   Abigail 

Segar,  m.  2d  Maria  Bliven,  d.  at  South  Windham,  Feb.  9,  1863  ;    Edwin, 
twin  of  Edward,  b.  March  27,    1811,  m.  1st,   Ruth   Noyes,  by  whom  he 


CENEALOGT.  33 

had  3  sons  ;  m.  2tl,  Sarah  Chillcoat,  and  resides  in  Newark,  N.  J.  He  ie 
a  very  ingenious  mechanic,  and  for  some  time  carried  on  the  business  of 
making  wood  type  at  the  homestead  near  South  Windham.  He  invent- 
ed many  curious  machines  for  cutting  the  type  and  greatly  improved  the 
process  of  their  manufacture.  He  also  invented  the  Education  Tables, 
used  in  schools,  and  is  the  author  of  many  other  inventions  and  improve- 
ments.* 

SAMUEL  ALLEN,  OF  BRAINTREE. 

• 

1.  Samuel  Allen,  the  common  ancestor  of  one  branch  of  the  Wind- 
ham Aliens,  was  an  early  settler  of  Braintree,  perhaps  as  early  as  1632, 

was  freeman  May  6, 1635.     lie  m.  1st,  Ann ;  she  d.  Sept.  29,  1641 

m.  2d,  Margaret,  wid.  of  Edward  Lamb  ;  he  d.,  1669.     By  1st  wife  had 

(2)  Samuel,    b.  about  1633  ;    Man/,  b.   .  m.    Nathaniel   Greenwood 

Sarah,  b.  March  30,  1639,  m.  Josiah  Standish,  of  Duxbury,  his  2d  wife. 
Chil.  by  2d  wife  :  James ;  Abigail,  m.  John  Carj^,  2d,  and  was  the  mother 
of Dea.  Elcazer  Gary,  the  Windham  settler;  Joseph,  b.  May  15,  1650. 

2.  Samuel  Allen  was  an  early  settler  of  Bridgewater,  of  which  he 
was  the  careful  town  clerk  and  representative,  1693.  He  m.  Sarah,  dau. 
of  George  Patridge  about  1658  ;  he  d.  1703,  aged  71.  Chil :  (3)  Samuel, 
b.,  1660  ;  Essiel  or  Asahel,  b.  1663  ;  MrhitaUe,  b.  1665  ;  Sarah,  b.  1667 ; 
Belhia,  b.  1669  ;  Nathaniel,  b.  1672  ;  Ehenezer,  b.  1674  ;  Josiah,  b.  1677, 
the  ancestor  of  Prof  Geo.  N.  Allen,  of  Oberlia  College,  Ohio;  Elisha,  b. 
1679;  Nehemiah,  b.  1681. 

3.  Samuel  Allen,  ra.  1st,  Rebecca  Gary,  dau.  of  John,  1685;  she  d. 
1697 ;  m.  2d,  Mary  Pratt ;  his  will  is  dated  1736.  Chil.  by  1st  wife : 
Samuel,  b.  1686  ;  Ephraim,  b.  1689 ;  (4)  Timothy,  b.  1691 ;  Josejjh,  h. 
1693,  d.  y.  Chil.  by  2d  wife  :  f  (5)  Joseph,  b.  1701 ;  Benjamin,  b.  1702, 
perhaps  settled  in  Connecticut ;  Marij,  b.  1704,  m.  Henry  Kingsman, 
1726  ;  Rebecca,  h.  1706,  m.  John  Kingsman ;  Matthew,  b.  1708 ;  Seth,  b. 
1710;  Abigail,  b. ,  m.  Shubael  Waldo,  of  Windham. 

*  Since  the  above  was  in  type  we  have  received  the  result  of  an  investiga- 
tion at  Salem,  respecting  William  Allen  and  his  ancestry.  We  have  not  been 
able  to  connect  our  William  with  William  Allen  the  settler,  1626,  or  either  of 
the  early  Allen  families.  But  we  get  his  family  record  from  Salem  records, 
■which  we  give  below.  He  was,  it  appears,  twice  married,  and  Mary,  his  last 
■wife,  who  survived  him,  was  not  the  mother  of  liis  children . 

William  Allen  m.  Elizabeth  Small,  dau.  of  Joseph,  March  13,  1695.  Their 
chil.  were  :  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  14,  1696  ;  Etizaheth,  b.  Feb.  18,  1697--8  ;  William,  h, 
Nov.  4,  1700  ;  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  14,  1702  ;  Lyclia,  b.  April  6,  1705  ;  Amos,  probably 
the  youngest  son,  not  on  record. 

William  Allen,  of  Salem, Cooper,  sells  land,  &c.,  "having  married  the  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Small."    Signed, 

William  Allen, 
Elizabeth  Allen. 

Nov.  1, 1701 ,  ack.  Oct.  3,  1709.  [Salem  Records.] 

5 


34  HISTORY    or   ANCIENT   WINDHAM. 

TIMOTHY  ALLEN,  OF  NORWICH,  WINDHAM  AND  MANSFIELD. 

4.  Timothy  Allen,  son  of  Samuel  No.  3,  of  Bridgewater,  settled  in 
Norwich,  and  was  living  in  that  part  of  the  town  which  is  now  Lisbon 
(Newent  Society)  when  he  first  purchased  in  Windham  (west  part  of 
Joseph  Walden's  farm,  now  in  Scotland),  Dec.  19,  1727.  He  united 
with  the  first  church  in  Windham,  Dec.  22,  1732,  and  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  Scotland  church,  Oct.  22,  1735.  _  It  appears  that 
he  resided  in  Windham  for  some  years,  when  he  removed  to  Mansfield, 
where  he  d.  about  1755.  He  m.  Rachel  Bushnell,  dau.  of  Joseph,  of  Nor- 
wich, Oct.  11,  1714,  who  survived  him.  They  had  chil.:  (6)  Timothy^  b. 
at  Norwich,  Aug.  31,  1715  ;  (7)  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  2,  1717  ;    Rachel,  b.  June 

10,  1719,  m. Tracy,  living,  1755  ;  Rebecca,  b.  Oct.  10,  1721,  m.  John 

Elderkin,  of  Norwich  ;  (8)  Seth,  b.  Nov.  26,  1723;  (9)  Ebenezer,h.  March 
4,  1726 ;  Thankful,  h.  Jan.  8,  1727--8,  m.  Jonathan  Curtis,  jr.,  of  Mans- 
field; (10)  Hezeklah,  h.  Aug.  2i,  1729,  baptized  at  Windham,  Oct.  5, 
1729 ;  (11)  Phineas,  b.  July  24, 1731,  baptized  at  Windham,  Aug.  29, 
1731. 

6.  Timothy  Allen.  We  are  not  certain  in  regard  to  the  history  of 
this  son  of  Timothy,  sen.  He  united  with  the  Windham  church  1729,  at 
the  age  of  15,  and  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Scotland  church, 
but  removed  from  there.  He  is  named  in  his  father's  will,  1755.  A  Tim- 
othy Allen  m.  Mary  Allen,  dau.  of  the  first  Joseph,  of  Scotland,  but 
whether  this  one  is  not  certain,  though  it  appears  probable.  If  so,  he 
was  about  58  and  she  about  36  at  the  time  of  marriage,  Oct.  6,  1772. 
They  had  one  son  :  Ephraim,  b.  Nov.  7,  1770. 

7.  Daniel  Allen  settled  first  in  Coventry,  but  after  1746  removed  to 
Mansfield,  and  perhaps  removed  from  there.  He  m.  Azubah  Ladd,  of 
Coventry,  Oct.  0,  1741,  and  had  chil.  b.  in  Coventry  :  Daniel,  b.  July  28, 
1742  ;  Hepsa,  b.  Aug.  15, 1744  ;  Racliael,  b.  July  21, 1746.  Chil.  b.  in 
Mansfield  :  Timothy,  b.  Nov.  4,  1748  ;  David,  b.  Aug.  24,  1750  ;  John,  b. 
Feb.  20.  1753 ;  Samuel,  b.  July  6,  1758 ;  Lemuel,  b.  Nov.  5,  1761,  d  Jan. 
13, 1762.  [There  was  a  Daniel  Allen  in  Windham,  of  what  family  we 
know  not,  who  m.  Sarah  Allen,  Oct.  6,  1731 ;  she  d.  May  15,  1787  ;  he  d. 
Nov.  11,  1791,  aged  90.  They  were  members  of  the  Windham  church. 
They  had  :  Daniel,  b.  April  21,  1732,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  24,  1734,  John,  b. 
March  23,  1737,  Solomon,  b.  Sept.  14,  1739,  Jerusha,  b.  July  22,  1742.] 

8.  Seth  Allen  settled  in  Mansfield,  and  m.  Hannah  Ladd,  dau.  of 
David,  Nov.  9,  1749,  and  had:  Bathsheba,  b.  July  30,  1752;  Seth,  b.  Oct. 
13,  1754,  d.  June  27, 1757 ;  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  4,'1756  ;  Comfort,  b.  July  4, 
1758,  when  the  record  ceases. 

9.  Ebenezer  Allen  settled  in  Mansfield,  and  m.  Mary  Hay  ward,  dau. 
of  Nathaniel,  Dec.  30,  1756,  and  had  ;  Assenath,  b.  Feb.  18  1758,  m.  Eli- 
jah Baldwin ;  Stephen,  b.  Juno  11,  1760 :  Hayward,  b.  Jan.  19,  1762  ; 
MoUy^  b.  Sept.  8,  1764  ;    Rachael,  b.  Jan.  1,  1767  ;    Eunice,  b.  June  7, 


•lESEALOfiT.  55 

1769;  CVa/'/^a,  b.  Sept.  20,  1771 ;  Abigail,  h.  March  19,  1774  ;  Eleneztr, 
b.  Aug.  8,  1776 ;  Persis,  h.  March  18,  1779 ;  Patli/,  b.  March  15,  1781  ; 
Christiana,  b.  Sept.  23,  1785. 

10.  Hezekiah  Allen  settled  in  Mansfield,  m.  Sarah  Cushman,  Nov. 
15, 1752,  and  had  :  Abigail,  b.  Nov.  12,  1753  ;  Hezekiah,  b.  Dec.  8,  1754  ; 
Mnetriphanthem ,  a  dau.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1756,  m.  Amasa  Church,  and  had 
family  ;  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  20,  1758,  d.  July  23,  1759  ;  Hezekiah,  b.  June  15, 
1760  ;  Hezekiah,   2d,   b.  Oct.    30,  1762 ;    Sarah,  b.    April  3,  1765 ;  Irena^ 

b.  Feb.  23,  1768;  Abigail,  b. ,  d.    Sept.  8,    1771 ;    (12)    Consider,  b. 

Feb.  22,  1772;  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  5,  1774. 

11.  Phineas  Allen  also  settled  in  Mansfield.  He  m.  1st,  Alice  Cady, 
dau.  of  David,  Oct.  18,  1753;  shed.  May  13,  1764;  m.  2d,  Elizabeth 
Johnson,  wid.  of  Experience,  dau.  of  Isaac  Sargeant,  Feb.  5,  1765  ;  he  d. 
Dec.  21,  1776;  she  d.  Dec.  28,  1776.  Chil. :  Cady,  b.  May  22,  1754,  m. 
Parthenia  Goodwin,  of  Lebanon,  Feb.  13,  1777,  and  had  Ozias,  b.  July  5, 
1778,who  was  of  Chelsea,  Vt.,  m.  and  has  son  Henry,who  has  son  George 
in  the  army,  he  d.  about  1838,  Parthenia,  b.  May  6,  1780,  recorded  in 
Mansfield,  probably  removed  to  Vermont;  Asher,  b.  May  22,  1756,  m. 
Elizabeth  Palmer,  probably  dau.  of  Joshua,  April  29,  1777,  removed  in 
1816  to  Morgan  Co.,  Ohio,  d.  aged  96,  they  had  Jehiel,  b.  Dec.  3,  1780, 
and  Phineas,  b.  July  9, 1782,  and  Asher,  who  also  had  son  Asher ;  Phin- 
eas, b.  Oct.  28, 1758,  lived  in  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  at  the  age  of  96, 
leaving  a  large  family,  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution;  (13)  Diarca,  b. 
April  2,  1761 ;  Comfort,  b.  Nov.  4,  1763,  lived  and  d.  in  Canada,  leaving  9 
chil.  Chil.  by  2d  wife:  ^Z ice,  b.  March  13,1767;  Elizabeth;  and  two 
sons  named  Exjjerience,  d.  in  infancy  ;  Epenetus,  son,  b.  Aug.  25,  1775, 
lived  and  d.  in  Woodstock,  Yt.,  leaving  one  child,  Mary  B.,  who  has  been 
a  teacher  in  Rochester,  Yt.,  many  years  ;  Elizabeth,  m.  Mr.  Royce,  of 
Woodstock,  and  had  family. 

12.  Consider  Allen  lived  in  Mansfield,  and  m.  Polly  Ross,  dau.  of 
Ebenezer,  Oct.  16,  1794,  and  had  chil:  Lora,  b.  Nov.  13,  1795;  Lucia,  h. 
Sept.  9,  1797 ;  31aria.  b.  July  31,  1799;  Diarca,  son,  b.  March  14,  1801 ; 
John  Clark,  b.  Oct.  21,  1802. 

13.  Diarca  Allen,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Rebecca  Howe,  of  Mansfield,  a  na- 
tive of  Brookfield,  Mass.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  Chil. :  Abner,  b. 
in  Lebanon,  N.  IL,  and  is  the  father  of  Julia,  wife  of  Rev.  Dr.  Swain,  of 
Providence,  R.  I.,  Susan,  wife  of  Prof.  Blaisdell,  of  Beloit  College  ;  Ira,  b. 
1791,  settled  at  Middlebury,  Yt.,  and  has  RoUin,  settled  at  Terryville, 
Ct..  and  Myron,  New  York  city;  Sophronia,  b.  1794,  m.  Isaac  Allen,  of 
Lebanon,  N.  H. ;  Lucius,  h.  1796,  settled  at  Waterville,  Me.,  has  a  sou 
Lucius  in.  Boston;  i/e?zrz/ and  Harriet,  twins,  b.  1798,  he  settled  in 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  she  m.  Rev.  Geo.  Freeman,  had  chil.,  d.  1850  at 
Parma,  N.  Y. ;  Abbe  Cady,  b.  1804,  settled  in  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  Diarca 
/fott'<!,( Professor  in  Lane  Theological  Seminary),  b.  1808,  resides  inCincin- 


36 


MlaTORY    OK    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 


nati,  Ohio,  and  has  daus.  Elizabeth,  wifeof  Rev.  John  H.  Walter,  of  Milan, 
Ohio,  Alice,  Sarah,  Ellen  aud  Anna;  James  Echnn,]\\es  in  Monroe  Co., 
N.  Y.,  and  has  family. 

JOSEPH  ALLEN,  OF  WIXDHAM  (SCOTLAND). 

5.  Joseph  Allen,  settled  first  in  Norwich  (Newent  Society),  but  pur- 
chased in  Windham  (now  Scotland),  Jan.  13,  1731.  He  m.  at  Preston, 
Rebeckah  Fuller,  dau.  of  Samuel,  then  of  Preston  but  afterwards  of  Mans- 
field, April  29, 1739.  He  d.  in  Scotland, Jan.l,  1777, aged  76;  she  d.  May  18 , 
1778,aged  77.  Their  chil.  were:  (14)  Bcmiahas,  b.  in  Norwich,Feb.  24,1729- 
30;  /mi?»a,  b.  Oct.  24, 1731,  m.  Nathaniel  Clark,  of  Canterbury ;  Betty, 
b.  in  Windham,  Nov,  25,  1734,  m.  Benjamin  Morse,  of  Canterbury;  Alary, 
b.  Nov.  24,  1730,  ra.  Timothy  Allen,  of  Ashford  ;  (15)  Joseph,  b.  April  9, 
1739;  Samuel,  b.  March  10,  1740,  d.  April' 14,  1740,  the  first  person  bur- 
ied in  Scotland  burying  ground*  ;  (16)  Asaliel,  b.  Nov.  16,  1742. 

14.  Barnabas  Allen  m.  Elizabeth  Fuller,  dau.  of  Rodolphus,  of  Mans- 
field, April  21,  1752,  and  settled  in  Canterbury ;  he  d.  Oct.  10,  1815,aged 
85;  she  d.  June  9,  1815,  aged  86.  Their  chil.  were  :  Silas,  h.  Feb.  17, 
1754,  was  a  physician,  went  to  Vermont,  then  to  Ohio,  he  m.  Mary  Cleve- 
land, dau.  of  Samuel,  and  had  family  ;  Lemuel,  b.  April  1,  1756 ;  Jarecl,  b. 
June  3,  1759,  father  of  the  late  Dea.  Barnabas  Allen,  d.  Aug.  14,  1836, 
aged  77  ;  Rebeckah,  b.  Aug.  16, 1761 ;  Anna,  b.  Feb.  11,  1764,  m.  Augus- 
tus Wood,  of  Scotland,  had  large  family,  and  d.  aged  93  ;  Elizabeth,  b. 
May  12,  1766. 

15.  Joseph  Allen,  jr.,  was  a  farmer,  lived  in  the  west  part  of  Scot- 
land, and  was  a  member  of  the  Separatist  church  (Brunswick),  under 
the  charge  of  Elder  John  Palmer.  He  m.  Rebeckah  Robinson,  dau.  of 
Joseph,  of  Scotland,  March  11,  1761 ;  he  d.  Aug,  28, 1815,  aged  76  ;  she  d. 
Nov.  17,  1818,  aged  81.  Their  chil.  were :  Azor,  b.  Feb.  11,  1762,  m.  An- 
na Adams,  of  Canterbury,  Nov.  20,  1783,  and  had  Elisha  Tracy,  b.  ]\Iarch 
28,  1786,  and  other  chil.,  he  removed  to  the  State  of  New  York  where  he 
died  ;  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  23,  1763,  m.  Lovisa  Tracy,  of  Franklin,  Jan.  12, 
1786,  and  had  Rebecca,  b.  Sept.  23,  1787,  she  m.  Joseph  Walton  of  Scot- 
land,and  both  d.  in  Willimantic  some  3'ears  since  ,  they  had  other  chil.  and 
removed  from  Windham  ;  Mehitable,  b.  March  15,  1765,  m.  John  Wills, 
of  Windham,  and  had  chil.,  she  d.  in  Windham  and  he  d.  in  Lebanon ; 
Susa7inah,  b.  March  23,  1767,  m.  Asa  Adams,  of  Canterbury,  and  had 
chil. ;  she  d.  and  he  m.  her  sister  Eunice  ;  Ricby,h.  Feb.  14,  1769,  m.  Ben- 
jamin Bradford,  of  Canterbury,  had  2  chil. ,  he  d.  Dec.  16,  1843  ,  she  d. 
Nov.  1,1847,  aged  78;  Eunice,  b.  Feb.  13,  1771,  ra.  Asa  Adams,  his  2d 
wife,  they  removed  to  Green,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  had  chil ;  Ruth, 

*  Thft  following  is  the  inscription  on  the  stone  that  marks  his  grave : 
"TAKE  NOTICE.  Samuel  Allen  was  the  first  person  buried  in  this  place 
in  the  year  1740,  Died  April  14th,  aged  5  weeks,  son  of  Joseph  and  Rebeckah 
Allen."  The  town  records  say  this  Samuel  Allen  was  b.  March  10,  1741-2. 


GKNEAI.OGV.  37 

b.  Oct.  19,  1773,  d.  in  Scotland,  unm.,  Feb.  7,  185(3.  aged  82  ;  (17)    Ezra, 
b.  Oct.  21,  1775 ;  l^ehccca,  b.  Dec.  3,  1778,  d.  Dec.  28,  1778. 

IG.  AsAiiEL  Allen  was  a  farmer,  lived  in  Scotland  near  his  brother 
Joseph,  and  was  a  member  of  Rev.  John  Palmer's  (Brunswick)  church. 
He  m.  Desire  Ames,  dau.  of  Anthony,  of  Sterling,  Jan.  24,  1705  ;  he  d. 
March  19,  1825,  aged  82;  she  d.  Nov.  22, 1820,  aged  75.  Chil. :  Pmfl,h. 
July  9,  1706,  entered  the  service  at  the  age  of  10,  in  the  Revolutionary  , 
war,  and  remained  for  a  time,  m.  Rhoda  Witter,  dau,  of  Asa,  of  Canter- 
bury, Nov.  27,  1788,  removed  to  Canterbury  and  had  Harvey,  Ebenezer, 
Rhoda,  Alexander,  George  and  Marvin,  and  d.  July  7,  1851,  aged  85  ; 
(18)  Enoch,  b.  May  23,  1708  ;  Achsah,  b.Aug.  15, 1770,  m.lchabod  Smith, 
cfCanterburj--,  April  18,  1801, had  family ,  he  d.  Jan.  2,  1854;'  she  d, 
Dec.  7,  1851,  aged  81;  a  dau.,  b.  April  19,  1772,  d.  aged  7  days  ;  Asahel,h. 
March  19,  1774,  at  Canterbury,  m.  Abigail  Eldredge,  Jan.  10,  1799,  re- 
moved to  the  State  of  New  Fork;  Desire,  twin  of  Asahel,  b.  March  19, 
1774,  m.  Eleazer  Bass,  of  Scotland,  Dec.  18,  1794,  removed  to  Edmans- 
town,  N.  Y.,  and  had  family;  (19)  Rostvell,  b.  April  12,  1777;  Festus,  h. 
Aug.  9,  1779,  d.  July  11,  1786,  aged  7;  (20)  Era^tus,  b.  Nov.  0,  1783  ; 
James,  Jesse  and  Asher,  triplets,  b.  Jan.  24,  1785,  James  d.  Feb.  16,  1785, 
Jesse  d.  March  5,  1785,  Asher  d.  Oct.  30,  1780. 

17.  Ezra  Allen  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on  the  homestead  in  Scotland. 
He  was  an  enterprising  man,  of  considerable  property,  and  very  kind  and 
sympathizing  towards  the  sick  and  afflicted.  He  m.  Lj'dia  Walden,  dau. 
of  John,  of  Scotland,  about  1803  ;  he  d.  Aug.  23,  1852,  aged  77  ;  she  d. 
March  10,  1855,  aged  71.  Chih:  Daviel,  h.M&y  28,1804,  d.  June  11, 
1804;  Nelson,  h.  June,  1805,  d.  Sept.  12,  1805 ;  (21)  Levi,  b.  April  2, 
1807  ;  J'annrj,  h.  July,  1808,  d.  Dec.  29,  1808 ;  Rufus  Henry,  b.  Dec. 
12,  1809,  m.  and  has  family,  lives  in  Providence,  R.  I. ;  (22)  John  Palmer., 
b.  Nov.  8,  1811 ;  (23)  Joseph  Robinson,  b.  Oct.  2,  1815;  Lydia  Amanda^ 
b.  Feb.  2,  1817,  m.  Andrew  F.Hebard,  of  Scotland,  and  has  had  2  chil. 

18.  Enoch  Allen  lived  in  Windham  (Scotland)  m.  Betsey  Witter, 
dau.  of  Asa,  of  Canterbury,  April  14,  1794;  he  d.  June  29,  1840;  she  d, 
Nov.  14,  1858.  Chil. :  (24)  Asa  Wilter,  b.  June  3,  1795  ;  John,  h.  Sept. 
21,  1797,  m.  Ruth  Bingham,  resides  in  Sprague,  has  one  dau.,  Ruth  E.,  b, 
1838  ;  Eliza,  b.  1803,  d.  aged  20  months  ;  3Iartin.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1807,  m. 
Lucy  Fitch,  went  to  Ohio  in  1829,  resides  in  Ellsworth,  Mahoning  Co.,  0., 
has  had  12  chil.,  8  living  ;  David  A.,  h.  Aug.  10,  1809,  m.  Bridget  Wheel- 
er, of  Greenfield,  Mass.,  1840,  lives  on  the  homestead  in  Scotland. 

19.  RoswELL  Allen  resided  in  Canterbur}',  m.  Susannah  Carver,  Feb. 
5,  1807  ;  he  d.  Nov.  24, 1844,  aged  77  ;  she  d.  Aug.  21,  1859.     Chil. :  Mia., 

d,  unm. ;    Horace,  m. Herrick,  of  Plainfield  ;  Harriet,  m.  Merritt  B. 

Williams,  of  Canterbury,  d.  Feb.  23,  1840  ;  Edwin,  d.  unm.  April  3,  1846, 
aged  25  ;  Lois,  d.  unm.  Jan.  1,  1835,  aged  18  ;  Sophia,  m.  Levi  Branch ; 
Merrill,  m.  Lydia  Perry,  of  Canterbury. 


36  .  MlsrORY    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 

20.  Erastus  Allen  was  a  farmer,  of  Scotland.  He  m.  Charlotte  Ful- 
ler, dau.  of  Ebenczer,  of  Lisbon,  Jan.  15,  1807  ;  he  d.  Aug.  28,  1856,  aged 
73  ;  his  w\d.  is  still  living.  Chil. :  Nelso7i,  b.  Feb.  21,  1808,  m.  1st,  Mi- 
randa A.  Foster,  dau.  of  Lyman,  of  Hampton,  Dec.  2,  1834;  she  d.  May 
24,  1844,  aged  30  ;  m.  2d,  Sarah  Denison,  of  Woodstock.  By  1st  wife 
had  Nelson  F.,  Ebenezcr  F.,  Mary  M.,  and  by  2d  wife,  Charles  E.,  and 
Harriet  E. ;  he  resides  i  i  Warren,  Joe  Davis  Co.,  111. ;  Lyman,  b.  Nov. 
22,  1809,  m.  Charlotte  Lillie,  dau.  of  Ezra,  of  Scotland,  Dec.  1,  1835,  and 
has  had  chil.:  Henry  B.,  Charlotte  E.,  Benjamin  H.,  Edwin,  James,  Car- 
rie A.,  George  Starke,  Frank  L.  He  resides  in  Chicago,  111.  ;  Milton,  b. 
June  2,  1812,  m.  Lucetta  Meach,  of  Canterbury,  Feb.  3,  1833,  and  has 
had  Sarah  J.,  Daniel  M.,  Charles  M.,  is  a  farmer  and  resides  in  Canter- 
bury ;  Lucretia,  b.  March  28,  1814,  m.  Lemuel  A.  Charter,  of  Hartford, 
has  a  family  and  resides  in  Warren,  Joe  Davis  Co.,  111. ;  Eliza,  b.  May 
18,  1817,  ra,  Walter  W.  Beach,  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  has  family  and  resides 
in  Warren,  111.;  Fidelia,  b.  May  28,  1820,  m.  Fuller  L.  Farnhara,  of  Illi- 
nois, has  a  daughter,  resides  in  Warren,  111. ;  Lora  F.,  b.  May  16,  1823,  m. 
Geo.  W.  Stark,  of  Colchester,  Avho  perished  by  suffocation  at  the  burning 
of  the  Rubber  Mill  at  Colchester,  Jan.  28,1854,  leaving  one  son  ;  (25) 
Denison  Elderkin,  b.  Jan.  29,  1S2G ;  Emma  J.;  b.  Jan.  2G,  1828,  d.  aged  4 
weeks. 

21.  Levi  Allen  resides  at  North  Windham.  He  m.  1st,  Anna  Shaj, 
Dec.  4,  1828  ;  she  d.  March  5,  1833,  aged  25  ;  ra.  2d,  Laura  Flint,  dau.  of 
Samuel,  cf  North  Windham,  Nov.  27,  1834.  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  Fanny  E.^ 
b.  Nov.  3,  1829,  m.  Levi  J.  Lincoln,  of  North  Windham,  removed  to  Mad- 
ison, Wis.,  has  had  3  chil. ;  Warren  B.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1831,  m.  Julia  M.  Gur- 
ley,  dau.  of  Chauncey,  of  Mansfield,  and  has  a  son  Wilford  ;  Henry  P., 
b.  Nov.  9,  1832,  m.  Katie  Denison,  removed  to  Wisconsin,  has  a  son  Frank. 
Chil.  by  2d  wife:  im,  b.  June,  1835,  d.  1838;  Laura  An7i,h.  July  9, 
1836,  m.  James  M.  Clark,  of  Chaplin,  July  3,  1863;  William,  b.  March 
18,  1838,  d.  Oct.  9,  1842;  Lucy  Jane,  b.  Aug.  22,  1839,  m.  Alonzo  Loomis, 
of  Franklin,  Nov.  28,  1860  ;  Earl,  b.  Nov.  4,  1841,  d.  Oct.  11,  1842;  Wil- 
liam E.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1843  ;  Eliza,,  b.  Nov.  8,  1845  ;  Samuel  E.,  b.  Oct.  20, 
1846;  LydiaE.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1849  ;  Ethan  E.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1852;  May,  b. 
May  24,  1853 ;  Lillian,  b.  Aug.  24, 1854 ;  Olive,  b.  Nov.  3,  1856,  d.  Oct. 
21,  1857 ;  Amy  G.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1858. 

22.  John  Palmer  Allen,  farmer,  m.  Abigail  Bottom,  dau.  of  James, 
of  Lisbon,  March  31,  1833  ;  she  d.  Oct.  18, 1844.  Chil.:  Marcia,  b.  Feb. 
7,  1834  ;  Daniel  W.,  b.  April  10,  1836  ;  Lydia,  b.  April  10,  1838  ;  Laura 
M.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1840 ;  Infant,  b. ,  d.  June  12,  1843. 

23.  Joseph  Robinson  Allen,  farmer,  m.  Susan  Lasell,  dau.  of  Enoch, 
Oct.3,  1846.  Chil.:  hnogene,h.  July  23,  1847;  Josephine,  twin  of  Imo- 
gene,  b.  July  23, 1847 ;  Oscar  L.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1850 ;  Albert  D.,  b.  March 
7, 1852  ;  Charles,  b.  Aug,  6,  1854,  d.  May  10, 1855. 


OKNl^ALOOY.  8^ 

24.  Asa  Witter  Allen  left  "Windham  in  18l6,  went  to  the  State  of 
New  York,  and  next  year  to  Ohio,  where  he  settled  in  what  was  then  a 
wilderness,  now  Ellsworth,  Mahoning  count j,-  where  he  is  now  living. 
After  clearing  off  the  timber  he  commenced  tilling  the  soil,  and  he  and 
his  kindred  in  the  vicinity  are  all  farmers  and  wool  growers.  The  late 
Dr.  William  Witter,  of  Willimantic,  was  his  cousin.  Mr.  Allen  is  col- 
lecting a  history  of  his  ancestry  and  intends  to  publish  the  same.  We 
are  much  indebted  to  him  for  facis  and  records  respecting  his  particular 
branch  of  the  family.  Hem.  Sophia  Hopkins,  Dec.  24,  1818,  and  haa 
hadchil. :  Betsey  E.,  b.  1822,  m.  William  Ripley,  a  descendant  of  the 
Scotland  Ripleys,  had  6  chil.,  resides  in  Madison.  Wis. ;  Chaixncey  tt., 
b.  1824,  m.  Mary  S.  Coult,  lived  in  Iowa,  removed  to  Nebraska,  she  d. 
1862,  aad  he  enlisted  in  the  1st  Nebraska  regiment,  had  7  chil.  ;  Joanna- 
Jr.,  b.  1827,  m.  J.  0.  Edwards,  from  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  lives  in  Mahon- 
ing Co.,  Ohio,  has  2  chil.;  Sophia  H.,  b.  1829,  d.  at  Mount  Holyokc  Fe- 
male Seminary,  1851;  Asa  TF.,  twin  of  Sophia,  lives  on  the  homestead; 
Dtborah,  b.  1838,  resides  with  her  parents ;  a  son^  who  was  killed  in  1849 
by  therunning  of  a  horse,  aged  9  years. 

25.  Denison  Elderkin  Allen  is  a  farmer  and  resides  on  the  old  Allen 
homestead  in  Scotland.  He  m.  Julia  E.  Smith,  dau.  of  William,  of  Scot- 
land, Oct.  18,  1852.  Chil. :  William  S.,  b.  July  25,  1853  ;  Frank  E.,  b. 
Sept.  30,1856;  Fannie  T.,  b.  March  18,  1859;  Carrie  Elizaheth,  b.  July  4, 
1863. 

JAMES    ALLEN. 

James  Allen,  of  Mansfield,  lived  in    the  north  parish  about  three 
fourths  of  a  mile  from  the  four  corners.     Where  he  came  from  is  not  as- 
certained, and  no  record  of  his  family  is  found  in  Mansfield  records.     His 
will  is  dated  Oct.  13,  1781,  proved  Jan.  1,  1790.     In  it  he  names  wife, 

Patience,  and  the  following  chil.:  Ruth,  who  m. Bundy  and  went  to 

Canada ;  James,  m.  Irene  Scripture,  July  17,  1766,  and  had  Levina,  b.  — 
1768,  Cynthia,  b.  March  15,  1771,  recorded  in  Mansfield,  after  which  he 
went  to  Walpole,  N.  H.;  Aaron,  also  went  to  Walpole;  John,  not  named 
in  will,  was  drowned;  Levi,  not  named  in  will,  was  in  the  Revolutionary 
war ;  Patience,  m.  Prince  Turner,  June  20,  1776,  had  family  ;  Submit,  m. 
Dan  Dunham  and  had  family;  Abigail,  m.  Phineas  Turner,  the  grandfath- 
er of  Mr.  C.  W.  Turner,  of  Willimantic  ;  Rebecca,  m.  Selah  Turner  ;  Sim- 
eon lived  on  the  homestead,  was  a  farmer,  and  d.  in  Mansfield  some  years 

since.    He  m. Dunham,  says  our  informant,  and  had  sons  Simeon  and 

Levi. 


AMES. 

The  records  of  the  Ames  family  in  Mansfield  are  not  very  full,  but  by 
the  kindness  of  Rev.  Bemice  D.  Ames,  A.  M.,  Principal  of  the  Providence 


4a 


HISTORr    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM, 


Conference  Seminary,  at  East  Grennwich,  we  are  enabled  to  give  a  more 
complete  account. 

1.  William  Amks,  son  of  Richard,  was  b.  at  Bruton,  Somersetsliire, 
Eng.,  Oct.  G,  1G05,  come  over  about  1638,  settled  at  Braintree,  Mass., 
where  he  d.  March  11,  1654,  his  wife  surviving  him.  By  wife  Hannah 
had:  Hannah,  b.  May  12,  1641,  m.  John  Hayden,  1660;  Rehbecca,h.  Oct. 
1642 ;  Li/dia,  b.  June  2, 1645  ;  (2)  John,  b.  May  24,  1647  ;  Sarah,  h. 
March  1,  1651,  m.  Thomas  Ilayward,  of  Bridgewater;  Delicerence,  h.Yeh, 
6,  1654. 

2.  John  Ames  settled  in  "West  Bridgewater,  m.  Sarah  Willis,  dau.  of 
Dea.  John  and  Elizabeth  Willis,  and  d.  1726.  They  had  chil. ;  John,  b. 
April  14,  1672;  (3)  William,h.  Nov.  6,  1673  ;  Nathaniel,  b.  Oct.  9,  1677, 
the  father  of  Nathaniel  Ames,  the  celebrated  almanac  maker,  who  waa 
father  of  Hon.  Fisher  Ames,  Harvard  College,  1774,  the  first  representa- 
tive from  Boston  to  the  Federal  Congi-ess,  distinguished  for  his  eloquence 
and  ability  as  a  statesman  ;  Elizaheth,h.  Sept.  6, 1680,  m.  Capt.  John  Field; 
Thomas,  b.  Feb.  21, 1682;  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  12,  1685,  m.  Daniel  Field;  Da- 
vid, b.  Aug.  30, 1688 ;  Hannah,  m.  David  Packard. 

3.  William  Ames,  West  Bridgewater,  married  and  had  family,  though 
the  name  of  wife  not  found.     He  d.  Nov.  20,  1712;  she  d.  Nov.  12,  1712 
Their  chil.  Avere  :    3Iarv,h.    Dec.  18,  1699;    (4)    William,   b.   Sept.  is' 
1701;  Martha,  h.  March  7,  1704;  Beihia,  b.    April  25,  1706;    Sarah,  b. 
July  27,  1708;    Hannah,   h.  Sept.  21,  1710. 

4.  William  Amks,  of  Bridgewater,  probably  settled  in  Mansfield  about 
1737,  as  in  the  spring  of  that  year  he  purchased  land  there.     He  m.  1st, 

Elizabeth ,  who  d.  in  Mansfield,  Feb.    6,    1764;  m.   2d,    wid.   Mary 

Stowell,  of  Willington,  Feb.  10,  1766.  He  d.  in  Mansfield  at  an  ad- 
vanced age.  Chil.  by  ist  wife:  M&r^j,  b.  May  28,  1722;  (5)  William,  h. 
May  16,  1723  ;  Barnabas,  b.  Dec.  4,  1725,  probably  d.  y. ;  Silence,  h. 
Sept.  25,  1727,  ra.  Nathan  Abbe;  Peace,  b.  April  6,  1729 ;  Anne,  b.  April 
1,1730;  Abraham,}).  Sept.  7,  1731,  jirobably  d,  y. ;  (6)  A?nos,h.  Sept. 
5,  1732;  Charitij,  b.  Nov.  27,  1733  ;  Elizabeth,  b,  July  19,  1735  ;  Sarah,  h. 
Nov,  17,  1736;  (7)  Joseph,  b.  iu  Mansfield,  June  10,  1738;  Hannah,  b. 
Feb,  27,  1739-40. 

5.  William  Ames,  -Jr.,  of  Mansfield,  m,  Abigail  Hinckley,  Nov.  5, 1746, 
Chil:  Jerusha,  b.  April  30,  1748;  Ambrose,  b.  June  11,  1750,  d.  an  old 
man  in  Mansfield,  no  chil.;  Seth,  b.  Feb.  28,  1752,  d.  Aug.  25,  1752;  Eli- 
jah, b.  Dec.  8,  1754,  d,  Jan,  4,  1761  ;  Alvin,  b.  March  23, 1757,  was  killed 
in  the  Revolution  ;  Asa,  b.  April  2,  1759 ;  Harmina,  b.  April  22,  1762. 

6.  Amos  Ames,  of  Mansfield,  m.  (name  of  wife  not  found)  had  chil  : 
Rhoda,}).  Sept,,  1762;  Barzillai,  b,  Jan.  16,  1765,  d.  in  Michigan  leaving 
chil.;  Catherine,  b.  May  31,  1766  ;  Zalmon,  b.  Aug.  8,  1769,  settled  in  wes- 
tern New  York  and  had  family ;  Rachel,  b.  Nov,  30,  1772  ^  Jesse,  b,  April 
22, 1780,  settled  in  Pennsylvania  and  had  family. 


•ENEALOOT. 


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7.  Joseph  Ames,  of  Mansfield,  removed  to  Sliaftsbury,  Vt.,  1778,  wher» 
he  continued  to  reside  until  bis  death.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Parker,  of 
Brimfield,  Mass. ;  he  d.  1832,  agu  93.  Chil.:  Elijah,  h.  J aly  22,  1761, 
had  a  large  family,  lived  and  d.  at  Potsdam,  N.  Y.;  (S)Bariiabas,  b.  Jan. 
11,  1763;  S.imuel,  b.  Feb.  5,  1765,  no  family;  Ahner,  b.  Dec.  16,  1766, had 
family,  lived  in  Orwell,  Vt. ;  William,  b.  March  6,  1769,  lived  in  St,  Law- 
rence county,  N.  Y.,  and  had  family;  H2iiry,h.  March  12,  1771,  lived  in 
Canton,  N,  Y.,  had  flvmily ;  Nathaniel,  b.  July  3,  1773,  lives  in  Shafts- 
bury,  Vt.,  and  has  descendants  ;  Ithamar,  had  family  ;  Elizabeth ;  Lydia  ; 
Joseph,  b.  in  Shaftsbury,  Feb.  29,  1784,  lives  in  Canton,  N.  Y.,  and  has 
family, 

8.  Barnabas   Ames  lived   in  Shoreham,   Vt.,  m. ,  and  had 

chil :    Abigail,  b.  Sept.  22,  1793  ;    Electa,  b,  March  19,  1795  ;  Lydia,  b. 
June  3,  1796  ;  (9)  Alfred,  b.  May  31,  1798. 

9.  Alfred  Ames  resides  in  Lewis,  Essex  county,  N,  Y.,  and  has  had 
chil.:  Cxloeh,  h.'i^ov.2o,  1822;  Alfred  B.,  b.  Dec.  1,  1823;  Thalice,  b. 
Nov.  13,  1825  ;  Ber-aice  Darwin,  b.  Dec.  20,  1827,  is  Principal  of  the 
Providence  Conference  Seminary,  at  E\st  Greenwich,  R.  I. ;  Isaac  D.,  b. 
Jan.  14,  1830;  Edwin  H.,  b.  May  2, 1834. 


ANDERSON. 

1.  Robert  Anderson,  in  one  instance  written  Andrews,  appears  in 
Mansfield  about  1722.  The  name  of  his  wife  was  Abigail,  who  d.  Sept. 
15,  1743.  Chil. :  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  29,  1722.;  Mary,  b.  March  25,  1725. 
(2)  George,  b.  Feb.  23,  1726-7  ;  Perez,  b.  Aug.  5,  1731,  ra,  Ruth  Wood* 
dau.  of  Thomas,  July  14,  1756,  and  had  John,  b.  July  22,  1758;  Mary, 
h.  Jan.  22, 1735. 

2.  George  Anderson  m.  Abigail  Brown,  dau,  of  Stephen,  of  "Windham, 
^Willimantic),March  23,  1749.  Chil. :  Thomas,  b.  April  26, 1750,  d.  Oct. 
26,1754;  Rubee  (perhaps  Robert),  b.  Feb.  18.  1752,  d.  Dec.  27,  1754; 
Stephen,  b.  May  5, 1754 ;  Jerusha,  b,  April  7,  1766  ;  Thomas,  2d,  b.  June  24, 
1758  ;  William,  b.  Oct.  11,  1760  ;  Lemuel,  b.  Aug.  5,  1764  ;  Elizabeth,  b. 
Jan.  3,  1768;  Luther,  b.  July  27,  1770;  Calvin,  b.  Aug.  16,1772, 

Descendants  of  the  above  family  are  still  to  be  found  in  Mansfield,  but 
we  have  no  further  particulars. 


ARMSTRONG. 


Benjamin  Armstrong,  of  Norwich,  probably  son  of  Benjamin  of  the 

same  town,  purchased  land  in  Windham,  Aug.  31,  1706,     He  wa«  admJt- 
6 


42 


BISTORT    tit    XNCIENT    WINDHAM. 


ted  an  inliabitant  of  the  town  earlier,  but  the  date  is  not  given.  It  ap- 
pears that  he  first  settled  in  Mansfield,  or  was  a  proprietor  there,  for  he 
was  one  of  the  patentees  of  the  town.  1703,  and  a  resident  there,  1707. 
No  family  record  is  found  either  in  Windham  or  Mansfield. 

Stephen  Armstrong,   probably  a  brother  of  the  son  Benjamin  above 

named,  was  b.  at  Norwich,  March  31,  168G,  m.  Hannah ,  settled  in 

Windham,  resided  there  until  1718,  vi'hen  he  sold  his  house  and  lands^ 
soon  after  which  it  is  thought  he  removed  to  Stafford.  They  had  the  follow- 
ing chil.  recorded  in  Windham :  Hannah,  1st,  b.  Dec.  1, 1710  ;  Abigail^  b; 
May  1,  1712;  Hannah,  2d,  b.  March  23,  1714;  Jerusha,h.  Aug.  26,  1715; 
Sarah,  b.  June  21,  1717;  Mari/,  b.  Feb.  19,  1719--20. 

AzARiAH  Armstrong,  son  of  Ezra  and  Abigail  (Badger)  Armstrong 
from  FrankliUj  resided  in  Windham  the  latter  portion  of  his  life.  He  m. 
1st,  Patty  Waterman,  of  Franklin,  Aug.  10,  1798  ;  she  d.  Jan.  20,  1803  ; 
m.  2d,  W  ealthy  Ann  Rogers,  dau.  of  Uriah,  Nov.  25,  1804 ;  he  d.  Aug. 
12,  1854.  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  Mari/,  b.  Sept.  29j  1799,  m.  John  Wood- 
worth,  resides  in  Lebanon ;  George  Badger,  h.  July  20,  1801,  m.  Delia 
Arnold,  dau.  of  Isaac,  of  Mansfield,  resides  in  South  Mansfield.  Chil.  by 
2d  wife :  Sarah  Barrance,  b.  Sept.  28,  1805,  m.  Pharez  Barrows,  of  Mans- 
field, his  2d  wife;  Ruth  Wells,  b.  Dec.  22,  1806,  in.  Jonathan  S.  Frink,' 
of  Windham  ;  Abigail  Badger,  b.  Aug.  21, 1808 ;  Silas  Hyde,,  b.  March  6, 
1810,  d.  June  17,  1832,  unm. ;  C/i«r/es  iJtidc^,  b.  July  15,  1819,  m.  Sarah 
Pratt  about  1852,  at  Macon,  Ga.  He  was  educated  at  York,  Pa.,  was  a 
lawyer,  cashier  of  a  bank  and  Colonel  of  militia. 


ARNOLD. 

1.  John  Aknolb  was  an  early  settler  of  Windham,  at  the  "  Ponds," 
now  Mansfield.  He  purchased  lot  No.  9  with  the  1,000  acfe  right  belongs 
ing  to  it,  Feb.  9, 1693.  At  the  time  of  purchase  he  was  of  Norwich,  but 
had  previously  resided  at  Newark,  N.  J.^  and  also  at  Killingworth.  Ho 
was  probably  born  in  England.  He  was  among  the  very  earliest  settlers 
of  the  Mansfield  ijortion  of  the  tewn,  and  his  name  is  found  in  the  original 
Hst  of  22  inhabitants  of  Windham,  May,  1693.  At  the  second  annual 
town  meeting  in  Windham  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  selectmen.  Ho 
operated  considerably  in  real  estate  during  the  early  period  of  settlement, 
had  previously  been  a  teacher,  and  was  evidently  one  of  the  most  intelli- 
gent and  influential  among  the  early  settlers  of  Mansfield.  The  dates  of 
the  deaths  of  himself  and  wife  have  not  been  ascertained. 

John  Arnold  by  wife  Mary  had  chil.:  Benedict,  b.  in  Newark,  N.  J. ; 
(•2)  John,  b.  at  Newark,  N.  J.;  Sctmud  ;  Boxoley,  b. in  Killingworth,  March 
1, 1679-80,  m.  Elizabeth  Lathrop,  dau.  of  John,  of  Norwich,  Sept.  24, 


•  KKEALOOT,  48 

1702*;  Stephen,  b.  in  Newark,  Jan.  29,  168--,  Lad  a  son  Stephen  by  wife 
Sarah,  b.  in  Kingston,  Narragansett,  Feb.  22,  1710-11,  recorded  in  Mans- 
field; Marij^h.  in  Norwich,  June,  1G88,  m.  John  AngcU,  in  Mansfield; 
(3)  Robert,  b.,  probabl}-,  in  Norwich,  June  18,  1(390;  Elizabeth,  b.  in  Nor- 
wich, July  26,  1692;  MeJiitable,  probably  b.  in  Windham,  May  18,  1694, 
ID.  James  Royce,  of  Mansfield. 

2.  John  Arnold,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Elizabeth  Cross,  dan.  of  Peter,  April  5, 
1702;  he  d.  Aug.  18,  1745.  Chil. :  (4)  Gideon,  b.  Jan.  7,  1702-3  ;  Abi- 
gail, h.  Dec.  11,  1710,  m.  John  Porter,  Jan.  13,  1731-2 ;  Ann,  b.  Aug.  7, 
1721,  d.  Aug.  14,  1731. 

3.  J^iguT.  KoBERT  Arnold  was  a  prominent  man  in  Mansfield.  He  m. 
Mary  Sargeant,  dau.  of  Ensjgn  John,  Feb.  8,  1715-16  ;  she  d.  Aug.  24, 
1747.  Chil. :  Mar;/,  b.  Feb.  23,  1716-17,  m.  John  Manley,  Dec.  25, 1735  ; 
Elizabeth,  b.  March  27, 1719,  m.  John  Fletcher  ;  Ruth,  b'  Nov.  16,  1720, 
m.  Seth  Paddock,  his  2d  wife;  John,  b.  March  27,  1724;  Mehitable,  b. 
Feb.  25,  1725-6,  m.  Elijah  McCall;  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  21,  1728,  m.  Jona- 
than Atwood  ;  Eunice,  b.  Sept.  8,  1730,  m.  Eleazer  Hosmer,  JuneS,  1751 ; 
(5)  Natha7i,  b.  Feb.  15,  1732-3 ;  Ann,  b.  June  26,  1735;  Sarah,  b.  July 
8, 1740. 

4.  Gideon  Arnold,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Ist,  Sarah  Orcut,  dau.  of  Joseph, 

of  Staftbrd,  Dec.  1,  1723  ;  she  d.  June  7,  1740  ;  m.  2d,  Eleanor ,  Jan. 

16,  1745-6 ;  he  d.  July  19,  1749.  Chil. :  (6)  John,  b.  July  20,  1726  ; 
Gideon,  b.  Jan.  5,  1735-6,  d.  Dec.  6,  1739. 

5.  DocT.  Nathan  Arnold  was  a  distinguished  and  successful  physician 
in  his  day,  and  had  an  extensive  practice  in  Mansfield,  Windham  and 
neighboring  towns.  He  studied  medicine  with  the  celebrated  Dcct.  Jon- 
.athaoi  Jluntington,  of  Wipdhani.  He  m.  Prudence  Denison,  dau.  of  Na- 
than, of  Windham,  March  5,  1755,  and  had  chil. :  Oliver,  b.  Oct.  15,  1755, 
settled  in  Nova  Scotia  and  was  an  Episcopal  .cleirgj'naan ;  Mary,  b.  Oct. 
12,  1757,  m.  Eleazer  McCall ;  ^?/io5  settled  in  Charleston,  S.  C;  Denison 
b.  Sept.  16,  1761,  d.  Nov.  5,  1761 ;  Lvcretia,  b.  Nov.  16,  1762,  m.  Jehiel 
Storrs,  settled  in  Middlebury,  Vt.  ;  Nathan,  b.  March  2, 1765  ;  Roswell,  b. 
Feb.  10,  1767  ;  Prudence,  b.  Nov.  16,  1768,  d.  in  JIansfield,  unm. ;  Fidelia, 
b.  Nov.  27,  1770,  m.  Waldo  Gary,  of  Windham,  who  resided  the  latter 
part  of  hi«  life  on  the  old  Skiff  homestead,  Willimantic. 

6.  John  Arnold  lived  in  Mansfield,  m.  Bridget  Cadj-,  dau.  of  David,  ot 
Killingly,  Jan.  13,  1748-9,  and  had  chil. :  Sarah,  b.  March  11,  1750,  m. 
Israel  Balch :  Gideon,  b.  Aug.  28,  1751,  m.  Mary  Church,  dau.  of 
Jonathan,  March  15,  1775  ;  Eleanor,  b.  Dec.  27,  1753  ;    John,  b.  June  5, 

*  The  following  affidavit  appears  in  the  Mansfield  town  records  : 
Bowley  Arnold,  being  about  to  travel  into  England  and  to  visit  his  father's 
kindred,  Mr.  John  Arnold  of  Mansfield,  and  that  hath  been  maser  of  a  schole, 
in  severall  towns  in  this  government,  now  appeard  and  Mrs.  Mary  Arnold,  his 
wife,  &  both  declared  upon  oath  that  the  above  named  Bowley  Arnold  is  their 
lawful  &  naturaj  son. 


44  HrSTORT    0>     A.VCIK.NT     WINDHAM. 

1756;  Bridget,  b.  May  8,  1758;  Jason,  b.  Aug.  25,  1760;  Alice,  b.  April 
18,  1762,  m.  Betliuel  Hall ;  (7)  Isaac,  b.  May  20,  176-. 

7.  Isaac  Arnold  m.  Sally  Howe,  Sept.  11,  1788.  Cbil. :  Sophia,  b. 
Oct.  9,  1789;  (8)  Charles,  h.  July  24,  1792;  Maria,  b.  Sept.  4,  1795; 
Jalia,  b.  Nov.  12,  1797;  John,  h.  Dec.  4,  1800;  Fanni/,  b.  June  4,  1803  ; 
Delia,  b.  Dec.  3,  1805,  m.  George  B.  Armstrong. 

8.  Charles  Arnold  is  a  respected  citizen  of  Manstield.  He  is  a  car- 
penter and  master  builder,  and  formerly  did  considerable  bnsines  in  his 
line.  He  represented  Mansfield  in  the  Legislature  in  18C2.  He  m.  Nab- 
by  Bingham,  dau.  of  Oliver,  Feb.  28,  181G,  and  has  chil. :  Amelia  S.,  b. 
March  13, 1817,  m.  Gardiner  Barrows,  by  whom  she  had  chil.,  he  d.  and 
ahe  resides  in  Mansfield  ;  Elizabeth  M.,  b.  !March  1,  1819,  m.  Robei't  P. 
Barrows,   of  Mansfield  Center ;  John  H.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1825,  is  an  architect. 


ASHLEY. 

1.  Robert  Ashley,  an  eirly  settler  of  Springfield,  was  the  ancestor  of 
the  "Windham  (Hampton)  Ashleys.  He  was,  perhaps,  of  Roxbury,  for  a 
short  time  after  he  first  came  over,  but  was  at  Springfield,  1G39.  He  d. 
Not.  29, 1682;  Mary,  his  wife,  d.  Sept.  19,  1683.  Their  chil.  were:  Da- 
vid, b.  June  8,  1642,  m.  Hannah  Glover,  of  New  Haven,  settled  in  West- 
field  and  left  descendants.  From  him  descended  Rev.  Jonathan  Ashley, 
2d  ordained  minister  of  Deerfield,  a  celebrated  divine,  who  m.  Dorothy, 
dau.  of  Rev.  "William  Williams,  of  Hatfield.  Their  dau.  Clarissa  m.  Rev. 
Moses  C.  "Welch,  of  Mansfield  ;  Mary,h.  April  6,  1G44,  m.  the  2d  John 
Root,  of  Farmington,  afterwards  of  "Westfield  ;  (2)  Jonathan,  h.'FQh.  25, 
1646;  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  23,  1648;  Joseph,  b.  July  6,  1652,  m.  Mary  Parsons, 
of  Northampton,  settled  in  "Wethersfield,  and  had  family. 

2.  Jonathan  Ashley,  of  Springfield,  ra.  Sarah  Wadsworth,  dau.  of 
WiUiam,  of  Hartford,  Nov.  10,  1669,  removed  to  Hartford,  1682,  and  d. 
there  1705,  leaving  a  large  estate  and  the  following  chil.:  Jonathan;  Jo- 
seph; (3)  Samuel,  b.  about  1689;  Sarah;  Rebecca. 

3.  Samuel  Ashley  settled,  it  is  said,  first  in  Canterbury,  and  then  in 
that  part  of  "Windham  which  is  now  Hampton,  where  he  passed  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days.  His  first  purchase  in  "Windham  was  in  April,  1717, 
when  he  bought  of  John  Fitch  200  acres  in  the  north-east  part  of  "Wind- 
ham, on  both  sides  of  Little  river,  for  which  he  paid  £180.  This  home- 
stead farm  is  in  the  North  Bigelow  District  in  Hampton,  and  has  remain- 
ed in  the  family  ever  since,  being  now  owned  by  Mr.  "Walter  Ashley. 

Samuel  Ashley,  the  settler,  was  a  member  of  the  First  "Windham 
Church  and  one  of  the* original  members  of  the  2d  church,  (Hampton). 
He  was  h  man  of  substance,  and  evidently  one  of  the  leading  men  in  ^H 


ttNKALOOT.  4-& 

•ection  of  the  town  in  which  he  lived.  He  m.,  according  to  the  Lobanoa 
records,  Elizabeth  Kingsbury,  Aug.  19.  1717.  She  was  perhaps  the  dau. 
of  Joseph  Kingsbury,  from  Ilaverhill,  who  settled  ia  that  part  of  Norwich 
which  is  now  Franlvlin.  lie  had  a  dau.  Elizabeth,  and  very  likely  the 
parents  were  members  of  the  Lebanon  Church,  as  it  w''as  nearer  than 
Norwich.  She  d.  Aug.  21,  1751 ;  he  d.  Feb.  12,  1771,  aged  82.  Their 
chil.  were:  Elizabeth,  b.  perhaps  in  Canterbury,  before  the  parents  set- 
tled in  Windham,  m.  James  Bemis ;  Samuel,  h.  in  Windham,  Nov.  27, 
1720,  m.  Ruth  Crese}',  Nov.  23. 1746,  lived  and  d.  in  Hampton,  no  chil. ; 

(4)  Abncr,  h.  May  10,  1722;  Susannah,h.  June 5,  1724,  m.  John  Ilovcy; 

(5)  Joseph,  b.  June  1,  1728;  Love,  a  dau.,  b.  July  19,  1731,  probably  d. 
y. ;  Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  4,  1737,  d.  June  13,  1740. 

4.  Abner  Ashley,  of  Hampton,  m.  Mary  Cresey,  March  5,  1745-6  ;  he 
d.  Feb.  14,  1801,  aged  78.  Chil. :  {(j)Jonathan,  b.  March  2,  1747  ;  Mary, 
b.  Aug.  7,  1748,  m.  Samuel  Humphrey,  had  a  family,  d.  in  Tolland  ; 
Elizabeth,  b.  May  18,  1750,  probabiy  d.  y. ;  Ruth^  b.  Jan.  21,  1752,  m. 
John  Griggs,  of  Pomfret,  lived  in  Hampton;  (7)  Abner,  b.  Jan.  19,  1754; 
(8)  Simuel,  b.  Jan.  25,  1756;  (9)  Daniel,  b.  Jan.  28,  1758;  Hannah,  b. 
Dec.  29,  1760,  m.  Joseph  Cresey,  settled  in  Gorham,  Me.  ;  Lucy,  b.  April 
13,  1762,  m.  David  Spencer,  of  Hampton. 

5.  Joseph  Ashley  lived  on  the  homestead  in  Hampton  until  late  in 
life,  when  he  removed  to'Pomfret,  where  he  d.  He  m.  Ist,  Sarah  Cresey, 
sister  of  the  wife  of  Abner,  Nov.  5,  1751  ;  she  d.  Sept.  11,  17G2;  m.  2d, 
Zerviah  Lyon,  of  Ashford,  of  the  same  family  from  which  the  late  Gen. 
Lyon  descended,  April  25,  1704;  she  d.  May  5,  1781 ;  m.  3d,  Ilachel  Al- 
len, of  Pomfret,  April  10,  1783,  who  survived  him  ;  he  d.  in  Pomfret, 
1787.  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  Sarcth,  b.  Nov.  2,1752,  m.  Peter  Ingalls,  of 
Pomfret ;  Anna,  b.  July  13,  1754,  m.  John  Butts,  of  Hampton ;  (10)  Jo- 
seph, b.  Jul}-  21,  1756  ;  Love,  a  dau.,  b.  March  3,  1758,  m.  Daniel  Davi- 
son, of  Brooklyn,  no  chil.     Chil.  by  2d  wife:  Thomas,  h.  Oct.  25,1765, 

settled  in  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  m.  Sarah  Allen,  had  son  Alfred,  m.  2d, , 

went  west ;  Chloe,  b.  Oct.,  1768,  d.  in  Hampton,  past  mi  Idle  life,  unm. ; 
Ebenezer,  h.  Feb.  17,  1775,  removed  to  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  unm.;  Su- 
sanna, h.  Dec.  31,  1776,  m.  Elislia  Smith,  removed  io  Rodman,  Jefferson 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  had  family. 

6.  Jonathan  Ashley  lived  in  the  northern  part  of  Windham,  near  Par- 
ish Hill.  He  m.  Lydia  Humphrey,  June  13,1773;  he  and  his  wife  d. 
in  Chaplin,  but  dates  not  found.  Chil.:  S-illi/,  1st,  b.  Feb.  22,  1775,  d. 
Oct.  24,  1778:  5.i%,  2d,  b.  May  11,  1779,  d.  in  middle  life  unm.;  (11) 
Luther,  b.  June  14,  1781 ;  (12)  James,  b.  Aug.  13,  1783  ,  Rozana,  b.  April 
11,  1788,  m.  Abel  Ross,  of  Chaplin,  removed  to  Mass. ;  Lydia,  b.  June 
18,  1790,  m.  Erastus  Martin  ;  Jonathan  Hamphrey,  b.  Feb.  15,  1794,  m. 
Peggy  Durkee,  had  family,  and  d.  in  Chaplin,  June  24,  1836,  aged  42. 
His  only  son.  Earl,  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Winchester,  June  15, 1863^ 
aged  39.     His  wid.  and  daus.  reside  in  Chaplin. 


48  HISTOKT    or    ANCIENT    fTINDHAK, 

7.  Abner  Ashley  lived  some  years  in  Hampton,  but.  removed  to  Tol-' 
land  where  bed.  lie  m.  Trypliena  Abbot,  May  24,  1781,  and  had:  Ab- 
ner, b.  May  2,  1782,  d.  unm.,  aged  about  50;  Elijah,  b.  July  28,  1784, 
removed  to  State  of  New  York,  m.  there;  Benjamin,  was  twice  married, 
lived  in  Tolland  and  Vernon,  had  family;  Tryphena,  m.,  went  to  New 
York  State  and  d.  early  in  life  ;  Lorinda,  m.  Alfred  Benton,  of  Tolland  ; 
Maria,  m.  Levi  Benton,  of  Tolland. 

8.  Samuel  Ashley,  of  Hampton,  ni.  Lucy  Nye^  of  Tolland,  July  2, 
1789  ;  he  d.  May  21,  1835,  aged  79  ;  she  d.  Sept.  23,  1839.  Chil.  :  AH- 
gail,  b.  March  1,  1790 ;  Samuel,  b.  July  27,  1791,  m.  Mary  Olney,  resides 
in  Providence  ;  Assenath,  b.  Dec.  2, 1794,  m.  Marvin  Lyon,  of  Providence  ; 
Lucy,  b.  Sept.  3,  1796,  m.  Asa  Litchfield,  of  Hampton. 

9.  Daniel  Ashley  lived  in  Windham  and  Hampton,  m.  1st,  Elizabeth 
Smith;  she  d.  Dec.  28,  1834;  m.  2d,  wid.  Sarah  Huntington,  Jan.  11, 
1836  ;  he  d.  Dec.  16, 1848,  aged  92.  Chil. :  Btnny,  b.  Feb.  11,1784,  m.  Bet- 
sey Bobbins,  of  Hampton,   emigrated  to   the  west;    Betsey,   b.  Aug.  25, 

1785,  m.  1st,  Leonard    Ormsby,  had  family,   he  d. ;  m.  2d,  Loomis, 

she  living  in  Hampton  a  widow ;  (13)  Rainsford,  b,  Oct.  4, 1787  ;  Billey^ 
b.  Aug,  25,  1789,  m.  1st,  Mary  Cresey,  m.  a  2d  time,  settled  in  Gorham, 
Me.  living  in  Newark,  N,  J. ;  Polly,  b,  May  18,  1792,  resides  in  Hamp- 
ton ;  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  25, 1794,  d.  unm.,  1814  ;  Sarah,  m.  Benjamin  Safibrd, 
of  Canterbury,  living  in  Hanipton, 

10.  Joseph  Ashley,  of  Hampton,  lived  on  the  old  Ashlej'  homestead' 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Rickard,  of  Pom- 
fret,  June  30,  1785 ;  he  d.  Sept.  26,  1846,  aged  90;  she  d.  April  12,  1823, 
aged  61.  Chil.:  (14)  Erastus,  b.  Feb.  19,  1786;  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  28, 
1787,  settled  in  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  was  a  merchant,  m.  Ist,  Mary  Jencks, 
m.  2d,  Lydia  Ma.son,  of  Newport,  had  3  chil.  by  1st  wife  and  2  by  2d,  re- 
sides in  Providence  ;  Sophia,  b.  Dec.  15,  1789,  resides  in  Westford,  Ct. ; 
Walter,  b.  Nov.  7,  1791,  d.  March  14,  1795  ;  Lavra,  b.  May  17,  1794,  m. 
George  Lincoln,  removed  to  Westford  where  they  reside  and  have  a  fam- 
ily; (15)  irrtZto-,  b.  May  17,  1796;  J9c/sf!/,b.  Oct.  16, 1799,  d.  1850, unm.; 
Orrin,  b.  Jan. ,31, 1802,  m.  Laura  Badger,  of  Killingly,  no  issue  ;  Caroline, 
b.  April  13,    1805,   m.  Milton  Walker,  of  Westford,  living  there. 

11.  Luther  Ashley  lived  mostly  in  Chaplin,  but  removed  to  Scotland 
where  he  died  a  few  years  since.  He  m.  1st,  Elizabeth  Humphrey,  Sept. 
20,  1809  ;  she  d.  and  he  m.  2d,  Sally  Smith,  who  d.  deranged  ;  m.  3d, 
wid.  Lucy  Washburn,  who  isstill  living,  Chil. :  Eliza,  b.  Feb.  27, 1811,  d, 
unm. ;  Roxana,  b.  Oct.  2,  1812,  m.  Chaplin  Martin,  lives  in  Northamp- 
ton, Mass.  ;  Lydia  Diana,  b.  Aug.  18,  1814,  m.  Enoch  Pond,  jr.,  she  d.  in 
Brooklyn,  Ct.,  about  1846;  John  Humphrey,  b.  Jan.  28,  1817,  d.  unm., 
aged  about  21 ;  George,  b.  March  20,  1819,  m.  Eliza  Forward,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, she   d.,   he  lives   in  Chaplin,   had  2  chil.,  a  dau.  Lydia  A.,  and 

an  infant  who  d. ;  Sarah  A.,  m. Martin,  resides  in  Barrington,  R.  I. ; 

Gi/b<r<,m.  Francis  Drownes,  had  4   chil.,  lived  in  Scotland;  Samvel,\s  tttf 


OXNXALOaT.  47 

12.  James  Ashlkt,  of  Windham,  m.  Aclisah  Burnbam,  dau.  of  Josiah, 
Jan.  8,  1816  ;  he  d.  Sept.  13,  1817,  aged  34.  Cbil.:  Henry,  b.  Nov.  9, 
181Cj  m.,  resides  in  Scotland;  James,  b.  March  23,  1818,  m.  Lora  Ann 
Burnbam,  dau.  of  Festus,  March  4,  1844,  ho  d.  in  Scotland,  Sept.  28, 
1855,  his  wid.  resides  in  Willimantic  and  is  a  milliner. 

13.  Rainsford  Ashley  resides  in  Hampton,  m.  Esther  (Lillic)  Phclp.s, 
Oct.  18,  1811.  Chil. :  Emili/  M,  b.  Sept.  22,  1817;  Sarah  Ann,  b.  April 
18,  1823,  d.  March  13,  1829;  Elisha  Lillie,  b.  Aug.  8,  1824,  was  killed  in 
the  present  war ;  Lucrttia,  b.  Aug.  18, 1826  d. ;  William^  b.  Dec.  21, 1829, 
d.  June  6,  1830;   Willmm  S.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1831,  resides  in  Worcester. 

14.  Erastus  Ashley  resides  in  Hampton,  m.  1st,  Fanny  Smith,  dau.  of 
Matthew,  of  Windham,  Nov.  26,  1812 ;  she  d.,  and  he  m.  2d,  Marcia,  sis- 
ter of  first  wife.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Ardelia,  b.  Nov.  3,  1813,  m.  George 
Davison,  Brooklyn  ;  Lodentla,  b.  Feb.  25,  1815,  m.  Jeremiah  Church,  of 
Woodstock  ;  she  d.  1862.     By  2d  wife  has  one  chil. 

15.  Walter  Ashley  has  all  his  life  resided  on  the  homestead  which 
was  purchased  by  his  ancestor,  Samuel  Ashley,until  recently  when  he  came 
to  Willimantic,  where  he  is  living  at  present.  He  m.  Martha  Perry,  Feb. 
15, 1829,  and  has  chil.:  Sarah  E.,  who  m.  Milton  Shew,  a  tailor,  resides  in 
Willimantic ;  Charles  R.,  is  at  present  engaged  in  carrying  the  mail  be- 
tween Willimantic  and  Killingly. 


ASPENWALL. 

1.  Peter  Aspenwall,  from  Woodstock,  Ct.,  probably  son  of  Nathaniel, 
an  early  settler  of  that  town,  and  grandson  of  Peter,  of  Dorchester,  an 
early  settler  there  from  Toxteth  Park,  near  Liverpool,  Eng.,  settled  in 
Mansfield,  and  m.  Rebecca  Storrs,  dau.  of  Capt.  Thomas,  June  29,  1733 ; 
he  d.  Aug.  9,  1791 ;  his  wife  survived  him.  Chil. :  Zerviah,  b.  March  9, 
1735;  (2)  Peter,  h.  April  15,  1737;  Prince,  b.  June  4,  1739,  m.  Lucy 
Woodworth,  of  Lebanon,  Nov.  3,  1774,  and  had  Almira,  b.  March  5, 1787, 
when  the  record  disappears  from  Mansfield ;  Nathaniel,  b.  Nov.  18,  1740, 
named  in  his  father's  will,  1781 ;  Zalmon,  b.  Feb.  15, 1741-2,  not  named  in 
will ;  Rebecca,  b.  Aug.  20,  1743,  m.  Samuel  Escabrook,  Jan.  23,  1766  ; 
Eleazer,  b.  Feb.  IL',  1745,  named  in  will ;  Abel,  b.  Nov.  19,  1746,  named  in 
will,  1781 ;  Ann,  b.  Oct.  26,  1748,  also  named  in  will ;  Abigail,  b.  Feb. 
18, 1752,  ra.  Sam-uel  Southworth,  and  was  the  mother  oi  the  late  Roger 
and  Samuel  SoHthworth,  of  Mansfield;  Mary,  b.  Oct.  9,  1753,  m.  Skiff 
Freeman,  of  Mansfield, 

2.  Peter  AsPENWALL,  jr.,  m.  Hannah  Collins,  late  of  Lebanon,  Nor. 
29,  1768.  Chil. :  Zalmon,  b.  July  20,  1769  ;  John,  b.  May  10,  1771 ;  (3) 
Thornas.,  b.  Jan,  16,  1775 ;  Hannah,  b.  Jan,  3,  1779, 


48  HisToar  or  akcient  windham. 

S.  Thomas  Asffnwall  m.  Aclisali  Babcock,  of  Ashford,  Feb.  21,  181L 
Chll.:  Man/  Ann  Pahnsr,  h.  April  26,  1812,  d.  April  13,  1819  ;  John  Pad- 
dock, b.  Jan.  26,  1815  ;  'Thomas  Williams,  b.  April  8,  1818  ;  George  Whit- 
man, b.  Oct.  13,  1820,  resides  in  Mansfield. 

It  is  said  the  Aspenwall  fiimily  introduced  tbo  silk  culture  into  Mans- 
field near  the  close  of  the  last  century. 


ATWOOD. 

There  were  several  early  Atwood  families  in  New  England,  but  we 
have  not  been  able  to  connect  the  Mansfield  branch  with  either.  Thero 
were  Herman,  Boston,  1642,  who  left  descendants;  Phillip,  Maiden, 
1653;  Stei'hkx,  Eastbam,  164-1;  Thomas,  of  Hartford,  1664,  and  AYeth- 
ersfield,  1688,  probably  the  ancestor  of  Rev.  Anson  Atwood,  pastor  of  the 
South  Mansfield  Congregational  Church  for  more  than  forty  years;  and 
others. 

1.  Thomas  Atwood  settled  in  Mansfield  some  time  before  1750.  His 
chil.  were  probably  all  born  before  he  came  there.  His  will  is  dated 
April  14,  1783,  proved  April  24,  1784.  He  d.  in  the  si^nng  of  1784.  In 
his  will  he  names  wife  Hannah  and  the  following  chil. :  (2)  Jonathan ;  Na- 
thaniel; £?«u'(;e,  who  m.  Ebenezer  Dunham  ;  Thoraas  ;  {3)  Heman. 

2.  Jonathan  Atwood,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Hannah  Arnold,  dau.  of  Lieut. 
Robert,  Aug.  29.  1751,  and  had  chil.:  Amie,  b.  July  1,  1752,  d.  Oct.  15, 
1754 ;  Ann,  b.  Oct.  26,  1754;  Reuben,  b.  April  2,  1757  ;  Jonathan,  b.  Dec. 
19,  1760. 

3.  Hemax  Atwood,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Jerusha  Case,  dau.  of  Capt.  Wil- 
liam, of  Tolland,  March  12,  1767.  Chil. :  Heman,  b.  Oct.  22,  1769,  d. 
unm. ;  John,  b.  July  18, 1772,  d.  Sept.  3,  1776;  Jerusha,  b.  April  15, 1775, 
d.  Sept.  8, 1776  ;  Eunice,  h.  April  6,  1777,  d.  unm. ;  Elisha,  b.  Sept.  13, 
1779,  was  a  Mormon,  and  a  chorister  iu  the  Mormon  church.  He  set- 
tled in  Nauvoo,  and  d.  while  on  his  way  to  Council  Bluffs.  He  m.  Anna 
Hartshorn,  of  Franklin,  and   had,  Sally  Ann,  who  ra.  William   Snow,  of 

Hampton,  Millen  Miranda,  a  son,  Jerusha  Case,  who  m. Shumway, 

and  Lorin  Sabin,  who  lives  in  Brooklyn  Ct.;  Ira,  b.  Oct.  1782,  d.  y. ; 
Nancy,  b.  Sept.  11,  1782jm. Hosiuer,went  to  Walpole,N.  H.,  had  fam- 
ily;  (4)  Dan,  b.  Nov.  4,  17S7;  Lucy,  b.  March  18,  1790,  m.  Elijah  Dimock. 

4.  Dan  Atwood  lived  in  Mansfield  until  about  1850,  when  heemigrat- 
ed*o  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  d.  Dec.  17, 1863.  Himself  and  wife  and  sev- 
eral of  his  children  became  converts  to  the  Mormon  faitjif'  He  m.  Polly 
Sawyer,  dau.  of  Asahel,  of  Windham,  in  1810.  His  wid.  is  still  living  in 
Salt  Lake  City.  Chil. :  Warren,  b.  Dec.  1,1812,  m.  Harriet  Baldwin,  dau. 
ofEleazer,  of  Mansfield,  resiijes   iu   Willimantic,  has   no  chil.   but  has 


GENKALOGT.  47 

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ndopted  several:  John^  b.  Nov.,  1814,  m.  Julia  Barrows,  has  a  family,  is  a 
carpenter,  and  resides  in  'W'illimantic  ;  3Ill/eu,  h.  May,  1816,  is  a  Mor- 
mon Elder  of  the  70.  He  went  to  Naiivoo,  was  one  of  the  pioneers  to 
Salt  Lake,  was  four  years  a  missionary  to  England,  has  several  wives  and 
is  at  Salt  Lake;  ErnUij^  b.  March,.! 818,  m.  Wra.  IL  Branch,  is  at  Salt 
Lake ;  Miner  Grant,  b.  1822,  m.  Mary  Guild,  is  at  Salt  Lake  ;  Samuel 
Frink;  31ari/,  is  m. ;  Famii/^  m.  Edson  StowelL 

Recben  Atwood,  of  Mansfield,  was,  it  seems,  too  old  to  be  the  Reuben 
son  of  Jonathan,  perhaps  was  grandson,  m.  Lucy  Turner,  ^larch  20,  1820. 
lie  joined  the  Mormons  at  Nauvoo,  where  he  d.  Chil.  recorded  in  Mans- 
field :  Lw?/  Alvira,  b.  July  4,  1821;  Reuben  Danford,  b.  Feb.  25,  1824  ; 
Desdemona  Rebecca,  h.  Oct.  23,  1825;  Sdah  Bradford,  b.  Feb.  1,  1827; 
Dwight  Willington,  b.  July  C,  1835. 

There  were  other  Atwood  families  in  Mansfield,  but  we  have  no  fur- 
ther records.  The  late  William  Atwood,  for  whom  Atwoodville  in  that 
town  is  named,  an  extensive  silk  manufacturer,  was  probably  a  descend- 
ant of  the  above  Thomas  Atwood.     He  left  a  family. 


AUSTIN. 

1.  Anthony  Austin,  of  Rowley,  freeman  16G9,  wife  Esther,  had  RlcJi- 
ard,  h.  1666;  Ardhony,h.  1GG8;  (2)  John,  b.  1672;  removed  to  Suffield, 
there  had  iVa;/ia;;,(V7,  b.  1678;  FJJ.mbrth,h.  1681,  d.  y. ;  Elizabeth,  2d,  h, 
1684;  Esther,  b.  1086;  he  d.  in  Suffield,  1708  ;  his  wife  d.  ten  years  be- 
fore. 

2.  John  Austin,  of  Suffield,  was  town  clerk,  selectman,  &c.,  of  that 
town,  lie  m.  1st,  Agnis  or  Agnes  King,  Oct.  5,  1699  ;  she  d.  Jan.  7. 
1732-3  ;  m.  2d,  wid.  Mary  Burbank,  July  3,  1734  ;  he  d.  May,  1737, 
Chil.  by  1st  wife:  Agnis,  b.  Jan.  21,  1701 ;  John,  1st,  b.  Aug.  9,  1702,  d. 
1702;  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  3,  1703-4;  (3)  John,  2d,  b.  May  17,  1706  ;  7J/a- 
ry,  b.  June  27,  1708  ;  Jaj/ie.5,  b.  Dec.  29,  1710;  William  and  Margaret, 
twins,  b.  March  5,  1712-13 ;  Berthla,  b.  June  15,  1718. 

3.  John  Austin  settled  in  JSIansfield,  m.  Marj  Hovey,  dau.  of  the  first 
James,  of  that  town,  Jan.  14.  1729-30;  he  d.  about  1756  ;  his  wife  sur- 
vived him.  Their  chil.  were:  Mary,  b.  Feb.  24,  1730-31,  d.  1748;  (4) 
John,  b.  Oct.  22,  1732  ;  David,  b.  July  5,  1734  ;  Agnes,  b.  April  23,  1736, 
m.  Nathaniel  Lincoln,  of  Windham,  who  reached  the  great  age  of  105 
years,  and  was  the  mother  of  the  2d  Nathaniel  Lincoln,  now  in  his  94fh 
year;  Fhillis,h.  J&n.  8,  1737-S,  m.  Samuel  Lincoln,  jr.,  of  Windham; 
Riith,  b.  Oat.  29,  1739,  d.  April  10,  1748  ;  James,  b.  Dec.  18,  1742,  d.  May 
22,1748;  Eunice,h.  Oct.  11,  1744. 

4.  John  Austin,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Margaret  Vetts,  dau.  of  Henry,  of 
Simsbury,  April  21,  1759.  aud  hid   recorded  in   Mansfield,  John,  b.  Jan. 


50 


HISTORY   OF   ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 


25,1762;  James,  b.  June  1,  1764,  when  tlie  record  disappears,  and   no 
further  account  of  the  Austin  family  is  found  in  Mansfield  i-ecorda. 


AYERILL. 

1.  William  AvERiLL,  of  Topsfield,  purchased  100  acres  in  Windham, 
at  Appaquaug,  (near  N.  E.  corner  of  Hampton,)  Jan.  7,  1714.  Mr.  Hin- 
man  says  he  came  from  Pomfret.  Perhaps  he  resided  in  that  town  be- 
fore he  settled  in  Windham.  The  location  of  his  first  purchase  is  near 
the  Pomfret  line.  He  and  his  wile  were  members  of  the  First  Windham 
Church,  and  were  dismissed  to  unite  in  the  formation  of  the  Second 
(Hampton)  Church,  1723.  lie  m.  Ruth  Bemis,  Oct.  13,  1721,  he  d.  Nov. 
14, 1748  ;  she  d.  Oct.  20, 1749.  He  was  a  farmer.  Chil. :  James,  1st,  b. 
Oct.  2,  1722,  d.  Dec.  3, 1722;  EpJimim,h.  July  3,  1722  or  1723,  d.  Aug  8, 

1743  ;  Marl/,  b.   May  24,  1724,  m. Preston  ;    Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  17, 

1725-6,  m,  Jonathan  Burnap ;  Stephen,  1st,  b.  Aug.  24,  1729,  d.  Nov.  6, 
1729;  (2)  Stephen,  2d,b.  Oct.  18,  1730  ;  RiUh,  b.  July  2,  1733  ;  James,  b. 
Feb.  23,  1734-5,  settled  in  Preston,  Ct.  One  of  his  descendants,  Col. 
Perry  Averill,  says  Hinman,  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Washington, 
(New  Preston,)  Conn. 

2.  Stephen  Averill  probably  lived  in  Hampton  Society.  He  m.  Sa- 
rah Hendee,  June  18,  1752,  and  had  chil.:  Ste})hen,  h.  June  11,  1753; 
WiUiam,  b.  April  19,  1755 ;  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  26,  1757 ;  Batlisheha,  b.  Sept. 
22,  1759 ;  Frederick,  b.  Oct.  24,  1761 ;  Josiuh,  b.  Nov.  3,  1763 ;  Ruth,  b. 
Dec.  3,  1767. 

Ebenezer  Averill,  of  Mansfield,  (no  connection  found  with  the  above,) 
m.  Elizabeth  Turner,  Oct.  24,  1782,  and  had,  Lucy,  b.  March  7,  1783  ; 
Betsey,  b.  Feb.  3,  1785 ;  Jacob,  b.  Feb.  10,  1787. 


BABCOCK. 

We  have  been  unable  to  trace  the  ancestiy  of  either  Jonathan  or  James 
Babcock,  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  name  in  Windham.  The  tradition 
mentioned  by  Hinman  is,  that  James  Babcock,  sen.,  came  from  the  coun- 
ty of  Essex,  in  England,  that  he  went  to  Leyden  with  the  Pilgrims,  1620, 
came  over  in  the  Ann,  1623,  and  had  four  chil.  b.  in  England,  James,  John, 
Job  and  Mary,  beside  a  son  Joseph,  by  a  2d  wife  in  this  country.  Thi.s 
tradition  is  shown  to  be  incorrect  in  some  essential  particulars,  by  Sav- 
age, and  the  entire  story  is  discredited  by  him.  In  regard  to  James,  jr., 
Mr.  Hinman  says,  he  m.  Jeane ,  of  Dorchester,  about  1637,  removed 


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to  Westerly,  where  be  d.  1G90.  He  gives  the  record  of  his  chil.  b.  at  Dor- 
chester, as  follows:  Robert,  b.  1638,  George,  b.  1640,  James,  b.  1642,  Sa- 
rah, b.  1644,  Jeane,  b.  1646,  Benjamin,  b.  1648,  Samuel,  b.  1649,  Jona- 
than, b.  1651,  Dorothy,  b.  1652,  Elizabeth  b.  1654,  Mary,  b.  1656,  Han- 
nah, b.  1658,  Nathaniel,  b.  1660,  William,  b.  1662.  The  birth  of  the  Jon- 
athan^above  name,  corresponds,  so  far  as  we  may  judge  from  the  date  of 
his  death  and  age  given  in  the  Coventry  records,  with  Jonathan  the 
Windham  (Willimantic)  settler.  But  the  record  does  not  correspond 
with  that  given  by  Mr.  Savage,  either  of  James,  sen.,  or  James,  jr.  He 
says  that  James  Babcock,  sen.,  was  of  Westerly,  1661,  whither  he  re- 
moved from  Newport,  and  had  by  1st  wife,  (name  not  found)  James,  b. 
about  1641,  John,  b.  1644,  Job  and  Mary.  By  2d  wifo,  Elizabeth,  had 
three  chil.,  one  named  -Joseph.  If  the  above  is  correct,  it  is  not  proba- 
ble that  our  Jonathan  was  a  son  of  this  James;  and  James,  jr.,  as  given 
by  Savage,was  too  young  to  have  been  his  father.  There  were  Babcocks, 
early  at  Dorchester,  as  David,  1640,  Robert,  (spelled  Badcock  as  were 
our  early  families,)  1648,  next  of  Milton,  had  Nathaniel,  b.  March  14, 
1658,  Ebenezer,  baptized  at  Dorchester,  1663,  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  24,  1666, 
besides  other  chil.  As  James,  our  other  early  settler,  came  from  Milton, 
and  as  there  was  probably  a  connection  between  him  and  Jonathan,  and 
as  the  same  names  are  found  in  our  families,  we  think  it  probable  that 
both  Jonathan  and  James  were  from  the  Dorchester  and  Milton  families, 
very  possibly  descendants  of  Robert. 

JONATHAN  BABCOCK. 

1.  Jonathan  Babcock  was  probably  the  second  permanent  settler  of 
that  portion  of  AYindham  which  is  now  included  in  the  village  of  Willi- 
mantic. He  was  the  common  ancestor  of  most  of  the  Coventry  and 
Mansfield  Babcocks,  who  were  quite  numerous.  Lot  No.  9,  at  Williman- 
tic, with  the  1,000  acre  right  belonging  to  it,  was  laid  out  in  May,  1686. 
It  was  drawn  by  the  heirs  of  Capt.  John  Mason,  and  exchanged  for.,  lot 
No.  3,  in  the  '•  crotch  of  the  river,"  Dec.  26,  1605.  It  passed  into  the 
hands  of  James  Allen,  of  Chilmark,  Martha's  Vineyard,  who  gave  it  to 
his  son  Benjamin,  May  14,  1708.  The  latter  sold  it  to  Samuel  Webb  and 
George  Lillie,  Aug.  23,  1708,  and  they  conveyed  it  (except  10  acres)  to 
Jonathan  Babcock,  then  of  Lebanon,  Sept.  15,  1709,  for  £180.  The  homo 
farm  of  this  right  was  laid  out  April  17,  1706.  It  contained  154  acres 
besides  allowance  for  a  highway,  four  rods  wide,  which  passed  through  it. 
This  farm  was  the  same  lately  owned  by  Niles  Potter,  and  recently  pur- 
chased by  Lewis  Russ,  just  beyond  the  western  limits  of  the  borough, 
near  the  village  cemetery,  and  the  first  house  erected  on  it,  (a  little  this  side 
of  the  present  mansion,)  was  probably  the  second  one  built  in  Williman- 
tic, and  the  firsc  one  west  of  the  old  "  State,"  so  called. 

Jonathan  Babcock,  the  settler,  was  admitted  as  an  inhabitant  of  Wind- 


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^'2  IIISTORV    OF    ANCIF.XT    WINDHAM. 

ham,  D'CC,  10,  1711,  andwasa  member  oftlie  First  Churcli.  Thougli called" 
of  Lebanon,  no  trace  is  fomid  of  bim  in  the  records  of  that  town,  and  his 
residence  there  was  probably  brief.  Ilischil.  were  all  b.  before  he  settled  in 
Windham.  His  first  wife,  Marj',  d.  March  28,  1719,  aged  63,  and  he  m. 
Mary  Hebard,  jirobably  wid.  of  the  first  Robert,  of  Windham,  Oct.  19, 
1719  ;  he  d.  at  Coventry,  where  several  of  his  chil.  settled,  Jan.  5,  1731- 
2,  aged  80  years  and  five  days.  lie  had  certainly  the  following  chil.,  and 
perhaps  others :  (2)  Caleh^h.  about  1G77  ;  (3)  Daniel,  b.  about  1G90; 
(4)  Ebenezer,  b.  about  1699  ;  (5)  John;  Rohert,  settled  in  Coventry,  where 
he  d.  May  11,  1728,  leaving  wid.  Lucy  ;  Merci/,  m.  -Joseph  Sweatland,  of 
Hebron  ;  Martha,  m.  Daniel  Davison,  of  Mansfield  ;  TI/ankful,m.  Thomas 
Porter,  an  early  settler  of  Lebanon,  who  removed  to  Coventry,  and  was 
its  first  town  clerk ;  Borotht/,  m.  Joshua  Moore,  of  ^Mansfield,  and  d.  a-t 
«n  advanced  age,  without  issue;  Mart/,  m.  John  Sprague,  of  Lebanon,  and 
had  a  family. 

2.  Caleb  Babcgck  settled  in  Willimantic,  and  lived  on  the  homestead 
f«.rra,  which  he  owned.  He  m.  1st,  Abigail  Moore,  dan.  of  AVilliam,  Jan. 
21,  1712-13  ;  she  d.  April  21,  1719,  aged  30 ;  m.  2d,  Susanna  Glover  or 
Grover,  May  13,  1721;  she  d.  Sept.  5,  1727  ;  m.  3d,  Miriam  (Allen)  Si- 
n3on8,wid.  of  Jonathan  Simons,  and  dau.  of  Joshua  Allen,  of  Mansfield,  May 
11,  1732;  he  d.  Aug.  6,  1741,  aged  about  6L  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Sarah, 
b.  Nov.  19,  1713,  d.  same  day;  Tlifir^-,  b.  April  22,1716. m.  Joshua  Simons,  of 

Windham;  Jonathan,  b.   June  10,  1717,  m.    Susanna ,  had  no  issue, 

lived  on  the  homestead,  d.  Oct.  5,  1781;  she  d.  1789  ;  Caleb,  b.  Aug.  28, 
1729,  d.  Nov.  5,  1729. 

3.  Sergt.  Daniel  Babcocic  settled  in  Covcntr3\  He  ra.  Sarah  Allen, 
Oct.  23,  1717;  he  d.  Feb.  10,  1734,  aged  44;  she  d.  Feb.  23,  1736. 
Chil. :  Jerusha,  b.  Aug.  23,  1718,  d.  y. ;  Jutthua,  b.  April  2,  1723  ;  Sarah, 
b.  Jan.  24,  1725-6,  probably  m.  Samuel  Parker,  2d,  of  Coventry,  1755. 

4.  Ebenezkr  Babcock  m.  1st,  ^Nlary  Burgess,  of  Yarmouth,  Oct.  9, 
1722;  she  d.  at  Windham,  Jan.  2,  17-3-4;  m.  2d,  Mehitable  Burt,  Sept. 
14, 1725.  Hesettled  first  in  AVindham,  probably  at  Wilhmantic,  owned 
knd  near  the  old  Jillson  (now  Liuen  Company's)  mill,  which  ho  sold  to 
the  Iron  Works  Co.,  but  removed  to  Coventry,  where  he  d.  Aug.  10, 
1773,  aged  74,  leaving  many  descendants.  Chil.:  William,  h.  July  17, 
1726,  m.  Mary  Gates,  Nov.  9,  1748.  had  Ebenezer,  b.  May  8,  1751,  Daniel 
b.  July  29,  1753,  Azubah,  b.  June  21,  1755,  Hannah,  b.  Ajiril  12,  1757, 
Roger,  b.  June  9,  1759,  Martha  b.  Dec.  10,  1760,  Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  8, 
1762,  [Ebenezer  Babcock,  probably  son  of  William,  above,  m.  Eleanor 
Knight,  of  Norwich,  June  11, 1772,  and  had,  Levi,  b.  Feb.  17,  1773,  Per- 
melial,  b.  Oct.  14,  1774,  Elias,  b.  1777,  and  Chilenday,  a  dau.,  b.  Feb., 
1779,J ;  Stephen,  b.  May  25,  1728,  d.  same  day ;  Dorothy,  b.  Oct.  22, 
1729  ;  (6)  Robert,  b.  July  5,  YIZ^;  .Abigail,  b.  Feb.  16,  1734-5,  d.  May 
27,  1735  ;  Ebe7iezer,  b.  July  18,  1740,  d.  Feb.  24, 1747  ;  Da?iiel,  b.  Dec.  30, 
1742,  d.  Aug.  23,  1750. 


■f;r.NKAi.O(;v.  -W 

5,  .?ofi\  Babcoc.'c  settled  ill  Maii-li  -III,  hut  probably  livdl,  f'-r  a  time, 
in  Windham  and  Coventry.  lie  in.  Ist,  Martha,  dau.  of  the  Second  Sam- 
uel Storrs,  of  Mansfield,  Oct.  29,  1723  ;  she  d.  May  18,  1728  ;  m.  2d,  Eliz- 
abeth Barker,  July  1,  1720  ;  he  d.  Aug.  17,  1731,  and  his  wid.  ra.  Seth 
Cutler.  Chil.  by  Lst  wife:  (7)  J>jfiiah,h.  Aug.  24,  172-1;  John,  h.  Juno 
22,  172G,  m.  Joanna  Dimock,  dau.  of  Timothy,  Jan.  19,  1748-9,  and  had 
John,  Joanna,  Thankful,  Jonathan,  Sarah,  Ebenezer  and  Silveuus  ;  Mar- 
tha, b.  May  10,  1728,  m.  Daniel  llobertson,  of  Coventry.  Chil.  bv  2i 
wife:  Nat/tankl,]).^lxvch.  13,  1730;  Jonatlutn  (posthumous),  b.  Dec.  10, 
1731. 

C.  RociiKT  B\BcocK  lived  in  Coventry,  lie  m.  Jediilah  Tiiruer,  Nor, 
15,  1753.  Chi!.:  (8)  Gideon,  b.pct.  13, 1754;  (9}  J/w^v, b.  Aug,  .s,  175G.; 
Robert,  b.  Aug.  17,  1758,  m.  Ilauuah  Arnold,  Dec.  5,  1782,  and  had  Uau- 
nah,  h.  Oct.  9,  1783;  Merlhe,  b.  June  2,  17G0 ;  MehUahle,  b.  July  5,  17G2; 
Ratk^h.  Sept.  11, 1704  ;  Hannml,  b.  Dec.  29,  17G7  ;  Abraham,  b.  Aug.  12, 
1769  ;  Eunice,  b.  Jan.  iiO,  1773, 

7.  JosiAU  Babcock  lived  in  Coventry  and  Mansfield.  He  in.  Mary 
MeiTough,  Feb.  27,  1745-6^  he  d.  1797.  Chil.:  John,  b.  Aug.  17,  174G, 
lived  in  Coventiy,  ra.  1st,  Hannah  Brown,  dau.  of  Ephraim,  Dec,  1773, 
who  d.  March  10,  1779,  and  he  m.  2d,  Lydia  Woodward,  dau.  of  Nathan- 
iel, and  had  Hannah,  b.  June  2(),  1779,  Lydia,  b.  March  5, 1782,  Diantha, 
b.  Aug.  12,  1784,  John,  b.  April  19,  1789,  "born  with  a  natural  marJi, 
like  a  half-penny,  on  the  left  ear,"  Deodat,  b.  June  IG,  1790,  and  Betsey, 

b.  June,  1792;  Irena,  b.  June  20,  1748,  m. LadJ  ;  Jusinh,  b.  April4, 

1750,  m.  Dorcas  Ladd,  of  Coventry  ;  Eunice,  b,  Jan.  7, 1751-2,  unm,  1797  ; 
Daniel,  b.  Sept.  24, 1753,  m.  Tfyphena  Scripture,  Nov.  IG.  1775;  Ddivtr- 
nace,  b.  July  13, 1755,  ra.  Nathan  Parker,  Oct.  2G,  1780;  Betty,  b.  March 

29,  1757,  in.  Jonathan  Diiuham  ;    Mary,  b.  May  8,  1758,   ra. Ladd  ; 

Jesse,  b.  March  29,  17G1,  ra.  Dorotliy  Turner;  Il/ddah,  b.  June  18.  17G3, 

m. Wood  ;    Ri'-hard,  b.    Feb,  14,    17G5  ;  Sinmel,  b.  July,  24,  17G7  ; 

Justus,  b.  July  31,  17G9, 

8.  GiDKox  Babcock,  of  Coventry,  m.  Trypliena  Babcock,  daa.of  Elishx, 
Nov.  11, 1783.  Chil.:  A.sa,h.  March  19,  1787;  CylituU,  b.  March  25, 
1789  ;  Desire,  b.  Sept.  11,  1791 ;  Diadanui,  b.  Nov.  17, 1793  ;  (10)  Dxvid, 
b.  Aug.  3,  1795;  (11)  Elijah,  b.  Dec.  14,  1798  ;  Lucy,  b.  March  29,  1801 ; 
Leonard,  b.  Feb.  10,  1804,  m.  Juliette  Strong,  Mai'Gh22, 1827  ;  Sophroina, 
b.  Sept.  7,  1806. 

9.  Amos  Babcock,  of  Coventry,  m.  Mary  Williams,  Sept.  24,  1777. 
Chil. :  EUas,  b.  Aug.  9,  1779  ;  Timothy,  b.  Feb.  17,  1781 ;  Theody,  a  dau., 
b.  April  7,  1783  ;  EvangeUy,  a  dau.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1785 ;  Robert,  b.  July  25, 
1787  ;  Polly,  h.  July  25, 1789 ;  Eunice,  b.  June  28,  1791. 

10.  David  Babcock  lived  in  South  Coventiy,  in  the  "  Flanders"  Dis- 
trict. He  m.  Mary  Barrows,  dau.  of  Samuel,  of  ^lansfield.  Not.  11, 1821 ; 
lie  d.  some  years,  since,  and  his  wid.  m.  Justin  Eilgerton,  who  d.,  she  is 


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HISTORY    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 


Still  living.  Chil. :  Nancy  Bella,  b.  Nov.  24,  1822,  m.  Charles  Thompson, 
jr.,  of  Mansfield,  have  had  chil.,  have  lived  in  Willimantic  and  Windham, 
he  is  a  prisoner  in  Richmond,  captured  last  summer  near  Fortress  Monroe, 
while  engaged  in  private  business,she  is  living  in  South  Windham;  Wealthy 
Amanda,  b.  Nov.  7,  1824,  m.  William  Curtiss,  of  South  Coventry,  has 
family;  Lora  Ann,  b.  Aug.  20,  1828,  d.  Feb.  3,  1862;  David  Barroics,  b. 
June  14,  1830,  m,  Jennie  Dodge,  of  New  York,  resides  in  New  York. 
■[Justin  Edgerton,  who  m.  the  wid.  of  David  Babcock,  had  by  her,  a  son, 
Leonard  Pember,  who  m.  Eliza  Flower,  of  Hartford,  resides  in  New  York.] 

11.  Elijah  Babcock  resides  in  South  Coventry,  near  where  his  broth- 
er David  lived.  He m.  Mary  Ann  Strong,  March  26,  1822.  Chil.:  Nor- 
man Leander,  resides  in  Coventry,  m.  1st,  Sarah  Spencer,  of  Mansfield,  m. 
2d,  Elizabeth  Bliven,  of  Willimantic;  Charles,  h.  March  13,  1826,  m.  Eli- 
za Lathrop,  then  of  Willimantic,  went  to  Pike's  Peak  some  j^ears  since; 
Julia,  b.  Feb.  10,  1828,  m.  Henry  Crandall,  resides  in  Providence  ;  Alonzo, 
b.  Feb.  20,  1835,  went  to  Pike's  Peak;  Francis  Leroj/ enlisted  in  the  21at 
Connecticut  regiment. 

Simeon  Babcock,  of  Coventry,  of  what  family  not  known,  m.  Abigail 
Hudson,  Oct.  5,  1736;  he  d.  Nov.  30,  1751,  aged  39.  Chil. :  Lydla,  b. 
Oct.  11,  1737;  Ahijail,  b.  April  1.3,  1739  ;  John,  b.  Nov.  20, 1740  ;  Lydia, 
b.  Aug.  20,  1742  ;  Hudson,  b.  July  20,  1744,  m.  Mary ,  had  son  Hud- 
son, b.  Nov.  12,  1767 ;  Ellsha,  h.  July  19,  1746,  m.  Elizabeth  Preston, 
July  3,  1763,  and  had  Ephraim,  b.  Sept.  3,  1763,  Trypheua,  b.  Jan.  24, 
1765,  m.  Gideon  Babcock, Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  30,  1766,  Timothy,  b.  Aug.  9, 
1768,  Mary,  b-  Feb.  12,  1770,  Anna,  b.  May  4,  1772,  Jehicl.  b.  May  8, 
1774;  Simeon,  h.  Feb.  20, 1748;  Abigail,  b.  June  1,  1750. 

JAMES  BABCOCK. 

1.  Jamks  Babcock,  of  Milton,  Mass.,  the  ancestor  of  the  Windham 
"  Babcock  Hill"  family,  was  the  earliest  settler  of  the  name  in  Wind- 
ham. His  first  purchase  was  Oct.  7,  1702.  Although  the  boundaries  of 
this  tract  were  somewhat  indefinite,  yet  it  was  probably  on  or  near  "  Bab- 
cock Hill,"  near  the  present  village  of  South  Windham.  This  land  was 
not  originally  in  Windham,  but  was  included  in  this  town  when  the 
boundary  was  established  between  Windham  and  Lebanon.  The  num- 
ber of  acres  was  not  given,  but  as  the  consideration  was  £70,  the  tract 
probably  contained  several  hundred  acres.  The  first  purchase  was  o  f 
John  Mason,  and  additions  were  afterwards  made  to  it.  In  1711,  James 
Babcock  purchased  a  farm  of  500  acres,  partly  in  Windham  and  partly 
in  Lebanon,  on  the  south  side  of  Willimantic  river,  of  Thomas  and  Dan- 
iel Buckingham,  of  Saybrook.  This,  we  judge  from  its  boundaries,  was 
the  Buckingham  place,  or  one  near  it,  now  in  Columbia,  owned  by  the 
Potters,  In  1713,  James  Babcock  bought  a  farm  of  250  acres  in  Coven- 
try, near  Hop  river.     He  was  evidently  a  man  of  means,  and  his  various 


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purchases  must  liave  comprised  over  a  thousand  acres.  He  was  admitted 
an  inhabitant  of  Windham,  Dec.  18,  1707,  and  resided  in  the  town  until 
after  1713,  when  he  removed  to  Coventry,  where  he  was  settled  as  early 
as  1716.  We  have  no  certain  knowledge  of  his  parentage  or  ancestry. 
We  think  it  quite  probable  that  ho  was  a  descendant  of  Robert,  of  Dor- 
chester and  Milton.  It  is  possible  he  was  a  son  of  Jonathan,  but  not 
yery  probable.  That  there  was  a  connection  between  the  families,  and 
that  they  were  of  the  same  race  we  have  little  doubt. 

James  Babcock,  the  Windham  settler,  m.  Mary ,  and  his  two  eld- 
est children  were  born  before  he  came  to  Windham.  His  wife  probably 
died  before  he  did,  as  she  is  not  mentioned  in  his  will,  which  is  dated 
June  G,  1787,  and  was  proved  Dec.  9,  1740.  He  d.  in  Coventry,  about 
1740.  In  his  will  he  gives  to  his  son  Joseph  "  all  that  of  my  land  lying 
in  and  being  in  Windham,  Norwich  and  Lebanon,"  being  the  extensive 
"  Babcock  Hill"  farm.  To  Benjamin  he  gave  lands  adjoining.  To  Zebu- 
Ion  his  house  and  land  he  then  lived  on  in  Coventr}'-  and  Lebanon.  He 
estimates  there  are  about  400  acres  in  each  tract.  He  gives  these  lands 
to  his  sons  during  their  natural  lives,  then  to  descend  to  their  eldest  male 
heirs.  In  failure  of  male  heirs  to  descend  to  the  other  brothers'  children, 
to  be  entailed  perpetually.  He  says  his  son  James  is  non  compos  mentis^ 
unable  to  take  care  of  himself,  and  his  three  brothers  are  enjoined  to  take 
care  of  and  provide  for  him.  His  chil.  were:  (2)  Benjamin,  b.  about 
1698 ;  Anna.  ra.  Joseph  Pain,  Feb.  26,  1723-4,-  and  had  family ;  Zer- 
viah,  b.  in  Windham,  June  28,  1705,  m.  Samuel  Buckingham  ;  J^larij,  b. 
March  8,  1707-8,  living  unm.  1737;  (3)  Joi^ej^h,  b.  July  24,  1711;  Zeb- 
ulon,  b.  Dec.  19,  1713,  m.  and  had  family,  but  we  have  no  records  or  par- 
ticulars, except  that  he  had  a  son  Samuel  Avho  m.  Hannah  Dow,  of  Cov- 
entry, Oct.  22,  1778,  and  had  Satnuel,  b.  Aug.  9,  1779,  and  Sophia,  b. 
April  26, 1781,  found  m  Coventry  records.  A  correspondent  says  he  had 
other  sons  and  daughters.  Samuel  above  named  settled  in  the  State  of 
New  York.  Tradition  says  Zebulon  lived  on  the  old  Harry  Brown  farm  near 
the  Safford  Factory,  by  Hop  river,  lately  burned  down,  where  it  is  cer- 
tain his  father  owned  land ;  £fo>a?;e^/i,  b.  in  Coventry,  July  8,  1716,  m. 
Elisha  Warner ;  James,  b.  Sept.  27,1719,  d.  Sept.  10, 1807,  unm.  He  was 
most  of  his  life  harmlessly  insane.  Tradition  saj's  he  was  a  young  man 
of  fine  talents  and  promise,  and  was  intended  for  the  ministry.  While 
pursuing  his  studies  he  met  with  a  disaiipoiutment,  which  was  the  cause 
ot  his  insanity. 

2.  Benjamin  Babcock  settled  in  Coventry,  ni.  Mary  Long,  Feb.  10, 
1729-30  ;  he  d.  Jan.  28,  1751,  aged  53.  Chil. :  (4^  Ebenezer,  b.  Jan.  17, 
1730-31 ;  William^  b.  May  1,  1732  ;  Sarah,  b.  May  7,  1734  ;  Hannah,  b. 
Oct.  8,  1736 ;  Mary,  b.  Oct.  19,  1737. 

3.  Joseph  Babcock  lived  on  the  Babcock  Hill  farm,  and  inherited  the 
lands  thereabouts.    He  m.  Auua  Crane,  dau.  of  the  tii-st  Isaac  and  Ruth 


56  HISTORY    OF    ANCIKNT    WINDHAM. 

(AValdo)  Crane,  Nov.  8, 1744 ;  he  d.  Dec.  22,  17^7  ;  she  d.  Jan.  10, 1805. 
Their  chil.  were:  Ainif,  b.  Nov.  27,  174."),  m.  Amos  Allen,  jr.;  (5)  Abijali, 
b.  Jan.  IS,  1740  ;  (C.)  Elijnli^h.  April 28, 1750  ;  (7)  Joseph.h.  May  20,1752; 
Willlnm,  b.  June  30,  1754,  d.  Sept.  21,  1775  ;  Abigail,  b.  July  18,  175G, 
d.  Sept.  7,  1775  :  (S)  Xafhan,  b.  Jimc  31 , 1 7G0 ;  (9)  Danieiy  April  7, 17G2  j 
Jeriixha,  b.  May  10,  1704, m.  Jonathan  "Wales;  Sarah,  b.  May  0,  1768,  m. 
Cogswell  Ttinne,  of  Plamfield. 

4.  Ebenezkr  Babcock,  called  2d,  lived  in  Coventry.  lie  m.  Hannah 
Preston,  Aug.  20,  1754,  and  had  chil. :  Benjamin,  b.  June  22,  1755  ;  Dan- 
iel, b.  Oct.  9,  1750 ;  Jo-seph,  b.  March  7,  1758,  d.  May  11,  1759;  Joseph, 
2d,  b.  Nov.  24,  1759  ;  Ilodolphns,  b.  March  3,  1701  ;  Hannah,  b.  March  3, 
17G3  ;  Nathaniel,  b.  March  20,  1705  ;  Ehenezer,  b.  June  1,  1767  ;  Manj, 
twin  of  Ebenezer,  b.  June  1,  1767  ;  Tahalhi/,h.  March  13,1770;  Elizabeth, 
b.  April,  1772  ;  DjcUa,  b.  Jan.  27, 1774;  E^^ther,  b.  Feb.  23,  1776. 

5.  Abijah  Babcock  lived  in  Lebanon.  He  m.  Isfc,  Mary  Loomis,  May 
18,  1771 ;  she  d.  Oct.  22,  1777  ;  m.  2d,  wid.  Lydia  Ladd,  April  11,  1780; 
she  d.  Jan.  6,  1821,  aged  71 ;  he  d.  Oct.  10,  1832.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  : 
Wralthy,  b.  May  21,  1775,  m.  Ephrailn  Tisdale,  lived  in  Warren,  N.  Y. ; 

Abgail,m.   ■ -Webster;  Thomas,  b.    Oct.  6,  1777,  m.  Sophia  Johnson, 

dan.  of  John,  had  Lester  and  -Justin,  he  d.  Feb.  3, 1804,  aged  86.  Chil.  b. 
2d  wife:  il/a?'//,  b.  Jan.  28, 1781,  d.  July,  1863;  Nathaniel,  h.  Dec.  20, 
1784,  d.  1860,  unm.;  Lydia,  h.  Oct.  8,  1786,  d.  1836,  unm. ;  Harriet,  h. 
Jan.  2,  1789,  m.  Henry  ■\Vllliams,  both  living  in  Lebanon,  have  son  and 
dan. 

6.  Elijah  Babcock,  of  Lebanon,  m.  Hannah  Johnson,  dau.  of  John,  of 
licbanon  ;  he  d.  about  1827,  aged  87  ;  she  d.  Jan.  1,  1835.  Chil.:  Wil- 
liam, m.  Sylvia  West,  lived  in  Tolland,  no  chil.,  he  d.  Oct.  4,  1863;  Ame- 
lia d.  1860,  unm. ;  Ros^rell,  m.  Sarah  Kinne,  dau.  of  Nathan,  and  had 
Emeline,  Lucy,  who  m.  >Stillman  Putnam,  of  East  Hartford,  Abby,  John, 
who  m.  Sarah  AVoodward,  in  Lebanon,  has  chil.;  Hannah,  m.  Gideon 
Browning,  lived  in  New  York  State,  he  d. ;  John,  d.  aged  21 ;  Sophia,  m. 
J.  Douglas  Branch,  lives  in  Springfield,  N.  Y. 

7.  Joseph  Babcocx,  jr.,  lived  on  Babcock  Hill,  m.  Molly  McCali, 
dau.  of  Archippus,  of  Lebanon,  May  1,  1782;  he  d.  Nov.  23,  1821;  she  d. 
March  21,  1829.  Chil.:  Anne,  b.  Jan.  18,  1784,  d.  Feb.  4,  1804,  aged  80, 
unm.;  Henrietta,   b.  Jan.  31,  1780,  m.  Ichabod   Spencer,  had   family,  d. ; 

Afsenalh,  h.  Feb.  9,  1788,  m.  Aaron  Gager,  no  issue,  she  d.  1840  ;  Di/er,  b. 
April  8,  1790,  d.  1802,  unm.;  Betsei/,  h.  Oct.  12,  1792,  ra.  Henry  Leffing- 
well,  his  2d  wife,  both  d.,  no  issue. 

8.  Nathan  Babcock  m.  Susanna  Wales,  dun.  of  Nathaniel, ;  he  d.  Aug. 
10,  1810;  she  d.  1825,  Chil.:  Ralph,  m.  Nancy  Armstrong,  emigrated; 
Sumner,  d.  unm.,  about  1815  ;  Walclo,  d.,  1812,  in  Pennsylvania;  Joseph, 
m,  1st,  Lucretia  Gardner,  of  Norwich,  m.  2d,  Lucinda  Loomis,  lives  in  He- 
bron, has  two  sons,  Sumner  and  Chailes,  and  two  daus. ;  Abigail,  m.  Jo- 


OENEALOGT.  ^' 

Sdpli  fl.  Cheney,  of  Norwich,  who  d.  in  WillLmantic,  they  kad  family,  she 
is  living ;  Ckade.^,  m.  Julia  Swift,  dau.  of  Judge  Swift,  of  AYindham. 

9.  Daniel  Babcock  lived  on  Babcock  Hill,  m.  1st,  Jerusha  Wales,  dau. 
of  Nathaniel,  of  Windham  ;  she  d.  Dec.  1,  1790  ;  m.  2d,  Charlotte  Lord, 
dau.  of  Solomon,  of  Windham;  he  d.  Aug,  11.  1818  ;  she  d.  June  12, 
1851.  Chil.  by  1st  wife;  Alpheus,  m.  Chloe  Welch,  both  d.,  leaving chil.: 
<5eorge,  m.  Jane  Myres,  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  Lucius,  m.  Clarissa  Kinne,  Mc- 
Growville,  N.  Y.,  Chester,  m.  Laverne  Merril,  McGrowville,  N.  Y.,  who 
has  John,  Alpheus,  and  a  dau.,  Arlone  E. ;  Joseph,  d.  y. ;  Beujamiii,  twin 
of  Joseph,  m.  Lydia  Blake,  both  d.,  no  chil.  ;  Jerusha,  m.  Elijah  A.  Fen- 
ton,  of  Mansfield,  removed  to  Ohio,  both  d.,  leaving  8  chil.  Chil.  by  2d 
wife  ;  Olive,  m.  John  R.  Weaver,  both  living  in  South  Windham,  have 
had  three  sons,  Horatio  B.,  Alpheus  H.  and  Fenno  B.,  who  are  all  m. 
and  reside  in  Hartford;  Fenno,  d.  1815,  aged  21;  Erastus,  m.  Harriet 
Avery,  dau.  of  Samuel  ;  Julia,  m.  Jesse  Wilson,  ofKillingly,  have  a  fam- 
ily, both  living  in  Willimantic  ;  Sarah,  resides  in  Willimantic,  unm. ; 
Zadoc,  m.  Elizabeth  Spencer,  dau.  of  Ichabod,  have  one  dau.,  Ellen  Eliz^ 
abeth  ;  Nathan,  m.  Mary  Woodworth,  of  Willimantic,  have  one  son,  Ed- 
win P.  who  is  m.  and  resides  in  New  Haven.  Nathan  was  in  Bichmond 
at  work  as  a  machinist  when  the  rebellion  broke  out,  and  was,  at  last  ac- 
counts, still  in  the  South  ;  Albert  R.  m.  Mafy  Page,  of  North  Branford, 
and  has  chil. :  George  A.  and  Sarah  L.,  lives  in  Branford. 

Simon  Babcock,  who  lived  in  Columbia  and  was  well  known  in  this 
vicinity,  was  not  a  c.-scendant  of  either  ef  the  Windham  settlers.  He 
was  the  sonof  Jaraes,  of  Westerly,  R.  L,  and  was  born  in  1758,  and  serv- 
ed in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  His  grandfather  was  Joshua,  and  he 
was  undoubtedly  descended  from  the  James  Babcock,  who  settled  in 
Westerly  about  200  ye  ars  ago. 

SiMCN  Babcock  m.  Hannah  ChampHn,  of  Westerly,  and  had  14  chiL; 
he  d.  in  Columbia  April,  1851 ;  she  d.  Dec.  19,  1831.  Chil. :  Simon,  b. 
April  28, 1781 ;  John  €.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1782;  James,  b.  June  20,  1784,  m. 
Mary  Champlin,  of  Windham,  settled  in  South  Coventry,  had  Mary  Ann, 
James  S.,  who  graduated  at  Yale  College,  was  a  teacher  at  the  South 
some  years,  a  man  of  fine  talents  and  acquirements,  and  d.  at  the  age  of 
33,  Charles  J.,  Lucy  D.,  and  Sally  F.  This  family  is  extinct.  The  fath- 
er and  mother  and  all  the  chil.  dying  of  consumption.  None  of  the  chil. 
were  m.,  and  the  family  are  all  buried  in  the  family  burying-ground,  near 
where  they  lived  in  '•  Flanders"  District,  Coventry  ;  Hannah,  h.  Dec.  13, 
1785;  Salbj,  b.  Dec.  20,  1787;  Aurelia,  b.  Sept.  3,  1789;  Thankful,  b. 
June  6,  1791 ;  Stanton,  h.  Dec.  20,  1793,  settled  first  in  Coventry,  but 
removed  to  Mansfield,  where  he  d.,  May  29,  182G.  He  m.  1st,  Mira  Rob- 
ertson, by  her  had  4  chil.,  Janes  M.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1820,  has  been  twice  m., 
resides  in  Tolland,  Gurdon  Y.,  b.  June  19,  1822,  d.  in  Lebanon,  Aug.  30, 
1846,  Horatio  B.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1824,  resides  in  Cambridgeport,  Mass.,  Dan- 


58  MlSTORT    or    ASCIENT    WINDHAM. 

iel  R.,  b.  in  Mansfield,  Aug.  27,  1825,  d.  in  Columbia,  June  29,  1829  ;  ta, 
2d,  Almira  Barrows,  of  Mansfield,  March  14,  182G,  and  had  Mariah  L.^ 
whom.  John  Perkins,  and  is  living  in  Willimantic,  a  wid. ;  iV«?icy,  b. 
Sept.  27,  1795  ;  William,  h.  July  SO,  1797  ;  George  W.,  b.  March  29, 1799  ; 
Christopher  G.,  b.  March  3,  1801 ;  Alarietle,  b.  Sept.  30,  1805.  Some  of 
the  above  chil.  were  born  in  Westerly,  others  in  Stonington,  Preston, 
Franklin,  and  the  youngest  in  Lebanon. 

The  late  Hezekiah    Babcock,  and   Elisha  Babcock,  who  lived  in  Willi- 
mantic, were  of  the  Rhode  Island  family. 


BACKUS. 

1.  William  Backus,  of  Saybrook,  1G38,  was  the  common  ancestor  of 
the  Norwich  and  Windham  Backus  families.  lie  removed  to  Norwich, 
1660,  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  that  town,  freeman  there, 
1663,  and  d.  June,lG64,leaving  a  2d  wife,Ann,  who  the  Norwich  records  call 
the  mother  of  Thomas  Bingham,  sen.,  (she  was  probably  his  step-moth- 
er,)whod.  May, 1670.  Chil.  of  William  Backus,sen. :  (2)  William',  Steph- 
en^ who  m.  Sarah  Gardiner,  dau.  of  Lion,  settled  in  Norwich,  and  had  a 
family, 

2.  Lieut.  William  Backus  was  an  original  proprietor  of  Norwich  and 
one  of  i^s  most  enterprising  settlers.  He  was  also  an  original  proprietor 
of  Windham,  being  one  of  the  sixteen  Norwich  legatees  of  Joshua  Uncas. 
In  apportioning  the  land  among  the  legatees,  he  received  three  shares  of 
1000  acres  each.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Pratt,  probably  eldest  dau.  of  Wil- 
liam, of  Saybrook,  who  d.  1730,  aged  87  ;  he.d.  about  1720.  Chil.:  (3) 
William,  b.  1660,  settled  in  Windham ;  (4)  Johi,  h.  1661,  also  settled  in 
Windham ;  Sarah,  b.  1663,  m.  Edward  Culver,  one  of  the  proprietors  of 
Lebanon,  1695,  had  5  chil.  recorded  in  Lebanon,  removed  to  Litchfield 
before  1728  ;  Samuel,  b.  1765  ;  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  6, 1667  ;  Nathaniel,  b.  1669. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  WILLIAM   BACKUS,  THE   WINDHAM  SET- 
TLER. 

3.  William  Backus  settled  in  Windham  as  early  as  1693,  for  his  name 
is  found  in  the  first  list  of  (22)  inhabitants  made  in  that  year.  Previous 
to  this,  Jan.  28,  1691-2,  his  father  gave  him  one  of  his  1000  acre 
rights,  the  "  Home  lot,"  of  which  was  No.  7,  at  Windham  Center.  It  was 
in  the  center  of  the  village  of  Windham  as  it  now  is.  One  acre  of  the 
front  part  of  this  lot,  8  x  20  rods,  was  purchased  Jan.  30,  1700,  by  Rev. 
Samuel  Whiting  and  Ensign  Jonathan  Crane,  and  presented  by  them  to 
the  town  for  a  "  Meeting  Plot  or  Common."  This  was  the  original 
"■  Windham  Green." 


SKNEALOUr. 


59 


"William  Backis  was  not,  it  would  eeem,  prospered  like  many  of  the 
early  settlers,  for  in  April,  1730,  "  The  proprietors  of  the  town,  consider- 
ing that  "William  Backus  was  one  of  the  ancient  inhabitants  of  the  town 
and  now  attained  to  old  age  and  reduced  to  poverty,  give  him  and  his 
wife  Mary,  one  and  a  half  acres  of  land  and  to  his  son  Ephraim  after  him," 
&c. 

"\7iLLiAM  Backus,  the  Windham  settler,  m.  Mary  Dunton,*  Aug.  31, 
1692;  he  d.  Jan.  25,  1742;  shed.  Dec.  16,  1757.  Their  chil.  were:  (5) 
Samuel^  b.  July  5,  1693;  Abigail,  twin  of  Samuel,  b.  July  5,  1693,  d.  Sept. 
26,  1693;  Mary,h.  Dec.  27,  1694;  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  17,  1696  ;  Hannah,  b. 
Nov.  1, 1699 ;  Peter,  b.  April  25,  1701,  m.  Mary  Arnold,  Feb.  27, 1728-9  ; 
(6)  William,  b.  April  4,  1702;  Stej^ken,  b.  March  12,  1704.  A  Stephen 
Backus  d.  in  "Windham,  Aug.  9,  1783,  and  may  have  been  this  or  Steph- 
en son  of  "William,  jr.,  or  Stephen  son  of  Demetrius;  (7)  Ephraim,  b. 
May  25, 1708. 

5.  Samuel  Backus,  of  AFindham,  m.  Sarah  Gard,  Dec.  2,  1719.  Chil.: 
Mary,  b.  Oct.  7,  1720,  d.  May  27, 1737  ;  Lemuel,  b.  Sept.  22,  1722,  "  died 
by  a  shot  from  ye  Indians  atKinderhook  Fort  June  ye  11  day  1748,"  says 
the  town  record  ;  Andonijah,  b.  July  11,  1725,  was  living  in  Windham, 
1748  ;  (8)  Nathaniel  b.  Jan.  13,  1728  ;  Abigail,  b.  June  18,  1731,  m. 
Samuel  Huntington,  of  Mansfield  ;  Ann,  b.  Oct.  14,  1735,  m.  (probably) 
John  .Jennings. 

6.  "William  Backus,  jr.,  m.  1st,  Sarah  Bennett,  March  24, 1728 ;  m.  2d, 
Mary  Dimock,  Nov.  3,  1742  ;    he  d.  March  5,   1776  ;    she  d.  Nov.  1793. 
Chil.   by   1st   wife:    Ann,   b.  June  1,  1732  ;    Stephen,  h.  May  27, 1734 
Sarah,  b.  Aug.  15,  1736.     By  2d  wife  had,  Lijclia,  b.  March  28,  1745. 

7.  Ephraim  Backus  lived  m   "^Vindham.     He  m.  Colaty ,  Oct.  10, 

1734 ;  he  d.  Feb.  28,  1785  ;  she  d.  Jan.  22,  1801,  aged  92.  Chil. :  Colaty, 
b.  June  8, 1736,  d.  Sept.,  1796  ;  Zerviah,  b.  May  17, 1738,  m.  John  Rouse  ; 
Mary,  b.  Sept.  4,  1740,  d.  Dec.  15,  1741  ;  jRvfus,  b.  Oct.  15,  1742,  d.  May 
4,  1774;  Demetrius,  b.  May  31,  1745,  lived  in  "Windham,  m.  Lydia  Back- 
uSj  perhaps  dau.  of  "William,  jr.,  April  30,  1767,  and  had  Stephen,  b. 
March  10,  1768,  and  Shubael,  b.  Dec.  1,  1779;  Mary,  b.  Feb.  19,  1747-8, 
d.  March  14,  1798,  unm. ;  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  16,  1750,  lived  for  many  years 
in  the  family  of  the  late  Peter  "Webb,  of  Windham,  d.  Dec.  13, 1839,  unm. 

8.  Nathaniel  Backus,  of  "Windham,  m.  Elizabeth  Hebard,  dau.  of  Rob- 
ert, Oct.  7,  1753 ;  she  d.  July  19,  1813,  aged  83  ;  he  d.  Dec.  14,  1815, 
aged  87.  Chil. :  a  dau.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1754,  d.  next  day ;  Elijah,  b.  July  23, 
1755,  m.  Tryphena  Cross,  April  21,  1786,  had  a  family,  emigrated  to 
Vermont;  Huldah,h.  March  14,  1757,  probably  m.  Joseph  "West,  Jan.  9, 
1777  ;  (9)  Calvin;  (10)  Luther,  b.  about  1772;  and  perhaps  others. 

♦  There  is  a  little  obscurity  in  this  name,  owing  to  the  capital  letter  begin- 
ing  it,  which  might  pass  for  a  rough  pen  printed  B,  and  the  next  letter,  which 
may  have  been  intended  for  u  or  a,  though  it  appears  more  like  u.  As  we 
find  no  Bunton  or  Banton  we  are  inclined  to  think  the  first  letter  was  intend* 
«d  for  a  D.    Samuel  Duntou,  of  Reading,  had  a  dau.  Mary,  b.  March  6,  1662. 


.<&)  tinvTOHY    or  ANCiPKM?   WINDHAM. 

9.  Calvin  Backus  lived  in  the  north  part  of  Chaplin,  lie  m.  a  dau. 
of  Daniel  Cross,  of  Mansfield,  and  liad  chil. :  (11)  DeLucma;  Charlotte^ 

m. Morgan;  Fanny^xa.   Erastus  Canada;  (12)    Chester^  b.  Nov.  17, 

1794;  FhUomcla^m. Ourtiss  ;  Miriam;  Sophia,  n\.  Lucius  "WelcTi.  is 

living  a  widow. 

10.  Luther  Backus,  of  Windham,  had  throe  wives  and  20  chil.,  the 
largest  family,  it  is  believed,  ever  raised  in  Windham.  Most  of  the  chil. 
are  now  living.  He  m.  1st,  Zerviah  Clark,  1795;  shed.  May  3,  1825; 
m.  2d,  Betsey  Lyman  ;  she  d.  June  2,  1827  ;  m.  2d,  Melinda  Lyman;  he 
d.  Nov.  19,  1855;  his  wid.  m.  Daniel  K.  Larkham.  Chil.:  (l?j)  Harry  \ 
Harriet^va.  Charles  Fitch,  of  Windham, ;  Maria,  m.  James  Page,  lives  in 
Willimantic,  a  wid. ;  Laura,  m.  Eleazer  Webb  ;  Jerusha;  Freelove;  Charles 
Clark,  d.  a  young  man,  unm. ;  31ary  ;  Nancy,  m.  Henry  Kenyon,  resides 
in  Willimantic;  Charlotte,  m.  Isaac  S.  Wilson,  resides  in  Willimantic,  has  a 
dau.  Charlotte,  who  m.  Melancthon  Turner  ;  Elizaheth,  m.  1st,  Leander 
Armstrong,  has  been  m.  a  second  if  not  a  third  time;  Sanford,  m.  wid, 
Loomis,  resides  in  Windham.  By  2d  wife  had,  Betsey  Melinda,  m.  George 
M.  Chamberlain.  By  3d  wife  had^  Luther  Edwin  ;  and  Joel  TVhite,  who 
m.  Lois  A.  Coburn,  resides  in  Willimantic.  The  above  imperfect  record 
includes  the  names  of  all  the  chil.  of  Luther  Backus  found  in  the  town 
records.     The  others,  it  is  said,  d.  in  infancy. 

11.  DeLucena  Backus  lived  in  Chaplin.  He  m.  Olive  Simons;  he  d. 
about  1863  ;  she  d.  Jan.  4,  1864.  Chil. :  Zalmon,  engaged  in  business 
some  years  since  in  North  Carohna,  in  company  with  John  Goodell, 
where  he  m.,  returned,  resides  in  Ashford  and  has  family  ;  Charles,  m. 
Lucy  Snow,  lives  in  Chaplin. and  has  family;  Calvin,  m.  Sophia  Russell, 
and  removed  to  the  west ;  Frederick  Plwinmer, -went  to  North  Carolina, 
m.,  resides  there  and  has  family ;  Joseph  S.,  m.  Mary  J.  Clark,  dau.  of 
Newman,  of  Ashford,  has  family  and  lives  in  Chaplin;  Jirah,  m.,  lives  in 
Chaplin,  has  family;  Olive  Jane,  m.  J.  R.  Bolls,  d.  in  Willimantic  some 
years  since ;  Ann  SojMa,  d. 

12.  Chester  Backl's  lived  in  Hampton,  m.  Sarah  Holt,  dau.  of  Thom- 
as, Dec.  13,  1818;  he  d.  May  30,  1830.  Chil. :  Clark,  b.  May  7,  1819, 
settled  in  Bridgewater,  Williams  Co.,  Ohio,  1838,  m.  there  Susan  Herit- 
age (who  was  b.  in  England),  March  19,  1842,  and  has  family. 

13.  Harry  Backus  lives  in  Windham,  m.  Susan  D.  Sawyer,  daai.  of 
Dan,  Jan.  3,  1819  ;  she  d.  April  15,  1841.  Chil.:  Julia  Ann-,  Albert  Hen- 
ry; John  C.  Avery;  Huldah  Main  ;  Eliza  Elizabeth ;  Luther  F. ;  Mmy.M.; 
Chester  H. ;  Geoi-ge  Abbe. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  JOHN  BACKUS,  THE  WINDHAM  SETTLER. 

4.  John  Backus  was  an  early  settler  of  Windham.  His  father 
gave  him  a  1000  acre  right,  May  30,  1691,  the  home  lot  of  which  was 
No.  14,  at  the  Center,  near  the  north  end  of  town  street.    He  was  one 


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oJ'the  22  accepted  inhabitants  ot  Winilliam,  Ki'J,').  He  was  a  member  of 
the  B'ii-st  Church,  was  considerably  employed  in  town  busioesa,  and  tyri- 
dcntly  respected  and  influential  among  the  planters.  The  followiog-  is 
the  inscription  on  his  tombstone  : 

In  Memory  of  Mr.  Jolin  Backus,  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  this 
Town  of  Windham,  and  served  liis  Greneration  in  a  steady  course  of  Probity 
and  Piety,  and  being  satisfied  with  Long  life  was  received  to  see  the  salva- 
tion of  the  Lord,  March,  the  27tli  1744,  in  the  83rd  year  of  his  age. 

He  m.  Mary  Bingham,  dau.  of  Dea.  Thomas,  Feb.  17, 1G92 ;  he  d.  i\rarch 
27,  1744,  aged  82;  she  d.  Feb.  19,  1747.  Chil.:  Mary,  b.  Nov.  8,  1002, 
ra.  Joshiua  Pupley,  jr.,  who,  for  a  time,  resided  in  Wi)limantic  as  a  pro- 
prietor of  the  Iron  AVorks.  Their  dau.  Mary  m.  Joshua  Abbe,  sen.,  and 
was  the  ancestress  of  numerous  Abbes,  "\Vebbs,  Hebards,  Waleses,  Badg- 
ers, McClellans,  &c.  [See  Abbe  family] ;  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  15, 1695,  m.  Col, 
Thomas  Dyer,  the  ftrst  of  Windham,  and  was  the  motber  of  Col.  Elipha- 
let  Dyer,  the  distinguished  lawyer,  judge  and  statesman;  John,  1st,  b. 
May  20,  1G07,  d.  same  day  ;  (11)  John,  2d,  b.  Aug.  17,  1698  ;  Abigail,  b. 
July  3,  1701,  m.  Elijah  Ilurlbut ;  Jervsha,  b.  Sept.  29,  1704,  m.  Daniel 
Stoughton ;  Zervial),  b.  Aug.  10,  1709,  m.  Hezekiah  Lord,  of  Preston  ; 
Nathaniel,  b.  June  10,  1712,  d.  Aug.  15,  1720. 

14.  John  B.\ckus,  jr.,  m.  Sybil  Whiting,  dau.  of  EeT.  Samuel,  the  first 
minister  of  Windham,  Jan.  12,  1725  ;  she  d.  Aug.  7,  1755;  he  d.  June, 
1769.  Chil. :  Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  5,  1720,  d.  Nov.  29, 1727 ;  John,  b.  March 
23,  1728  [Inventor}^  of  John  Backus,  dated  June,  1770.  This  may  refer 
to  the  liither  or  son]  ;  Syhil,  b.  March  1, 1728-30,  m.  Benjamin  Lothrop,  jr., 
the  preacher,  and  was  the  ancestress  of  the  Windham  Lathrop  family  ; 
Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  17,  1731-2,  d.  Oct.  21,  1747;  Lucretia,  b.  Feb.,  1733-4, 
m.  John  Benjamin,  of  Stratford  ;  Lydia,  b.  July  15,  1736,  m.  Aaron  Fish, 
of  Lebanon;  (12)  Syhaaus,h.  3  \x\-^  5,  1738;  (13)  Ebenezer^h.lslAxcliol, 
1740  ;  Mary,  b.  April  5,  1742,  d.  May  8, 1744 ;  IhLuceaa,  b.  Oct.  2, 1744, 
m.  1st,  Electa  Mallory,  m,  2d,  Temple  Waters;  Whiting^  b.  Dec.  38, 1747, 
ra.  Sarah  Bingham,  in  Hebron,  Feb.  15,  1769,  and  had  Celinda,  b.  Nov. 
10,  1769,  Sophia,  b.  July  10,  1771,  Lydia,  b.  June  22,  1773,.  and  Fanny, 
b.  May  19,  1775,  when  the  record  disappears ;  Charles,  b.  Aug.  15,  1753, 
d.  (probably  this  one)  Sept.  7,  1776. 

15.  Sylvanus  Backus  m.  Elizabeth  Gamble,  April  12,  1758,  and  had : 
John,  b.  Feb.  25,  1759;  Simoji,  b.  Oct.  20,  1761;  Sybil,  b.   June  14,  1764, 
d.  June  13, 1766;  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  25,  1765 ;  Sybil,  2d,  b.  June  13,  1766,  ^ 
d. ;  Eunice,  b.  Jan.  16,  1769,  when  the  record  disappears,  and  he  proba- 
bly removed  frcjn  Windham. 

16.  Maj.  Ebexezer  Backus  lived  on  the  Charles  Taintor  place,  now 
Col.  Baker's  residence,  in  Windham,  for  many  years.  He  was  a  merchant 
and  much  esteemed.  For  a  time  he  resided  in  New  York,  and  furnished 
goods  which  his  wife  sold  in  Windham.     He  m.  1st,  Mercy  Edwards,  Nov. 


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HIJTORY    or    AKCIKNT    WINDHAM. 


25,  1760;  she  was  divorced,  and  m.a  Mr.  Fish,  it  is  said,  at  Rutland,  Vt.. 
survived  him,  and  d.  with  her  dau.  Polly  in  New  York  State;  he  m.2d, 
wid.  Maria  Ketchum.  Major  Backus  d.,  according  to  one  record  (pre- 
sumed to  mean  him),  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  24,  1828,  aged  87. 
.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Gurdon,  b.  Feb.  12,  1702,  m.  Amanda  Ann  Hunt- 
ington, dau.  of  Capt.  Jabez,  of  Windham.  He  settled  in  Richmond, 
Va.,  his  wife  d.  there,  leaving  two  sons,  Ebenezer  and  Gurdon  H., 
■which  were  brought  to  Windham.  Ebenezer  d.  1790,  Gurdon  H.  lived 
for  a  time  with  his  great  uncle,  Alfred  Elderkin,  graduated  at  Williams 
College,  1806,  studied  law  with  his  uncle,  Hon.  Joseph  Kirtland,  of 
Utica,  N.  Y.,  went  to  Richmond,  his  native  place,  where  he  became  quite 
eminent  and  wealthy,  and  where  he  d.  unm. ;  Beki,  m.  Fanny  Fitch,  da,u. 
of  Col.  Eleazer,  Aug.  29,  17S2,  and  had  William  Fitch,  Bela,  who,  our  in- 
formant says,  was  a  minister,  Lucretia,  who  m.,  lived  in  Ohio,  and  Nancy, 
where  the  family  went  to  we  are  not  informed;  Lucretia,  h.  Feb.  20, 
1765,  d.  Jan.  4,  1768  ;  Foil;/,  b.  March  18,  1767,  m.  1st,  Samuel  Coggs- 
well,  who  was  accidentally  shot  soon  after,  m.  2d,  Rev.  Ebenezer  Fitch, 
President  of  Williams  College  ;  Samuel,  b.  Jan.,  1769,  d.  Feb.,  1769;  Al- 
fred, b.  March  12,  1770,  d.  Feb.  3,  1773 ;  DeLucena,  b.  July  30,  1773,  en- 
tered college,  was  feeble,  went  to  sea,  and  d.  at  Marseilles,  in  France, 
unm.  ;  Sarah,  b.  July  29,  1777,  m.  Gen.  Joseph  Kirtland,  a  distinguished 
lawyer  of  Utica,  N.  Y.  One  of  her  sons  is  Charles  P.  Kirtland,  a  lawyer 
in  New  York,  another  son,  William,  m.  Miss  Stansbury,  who  is  the  well 
known  writer,  Mrs.  Kirtland. 

Ebenezer  Backus,  of  Norwich,  m.  Elizabeth  Fitch,  dau.  of  Col.  Eleaz- 
er, Jan.  7,  1767,  b'ltwehave  no  further  account.  An  Ebenezer  Backus  d. 
in  Windham,  March  8,  1797,  aged  about  50. 


BADGER. 

1.  Gii.es  Badger,  of  Newbury,  1635,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  Windham,  Coventry  and  Mansfield  Badgers.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Green- 
leaf,  dau.  of  Edmund;  he  d.  July  10,  1647  ;  his  wid.  m.  Richard  Brown, 
Feb.  16, 1648.     Chil. :  (2)  John,  b.  June  30^  1643. 

2.  John  Badger  m.  1st,  Elizabeth ;  she  d.  April  8,  1669  ;    m.  2d, 

Hannah  Swett,  dau.  of  Stephen,  Feb.  23,  1671  ;  he  d.  March  31,  1691, 
and  his  wife  about  the  same  time,  both  of  small  pox.  Chil.  by  Ist  wife  : 
John,  b.  April  4,  1664,  d.  July   20,  1664;  (3)  John,  2d,  b.  April  26, 1065; 

Sarah,  b.  Jan.  25,  1607,  m. Wheeler;  James,   h.  March  19,  1669,  d. 

1093,  leaving  his  property  to  his  brother  John  and  sister  Sarah.  Chil. 
by  2d  wife:  Stephen,  b.  Dec.  13,  1671 ;  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  3,  1673  ;  (4)  Na- 
thaniel, b.  Jan.  16,  1676;  Marj/,  b.  May  28,  1678 ;  Elizabeth,  b.  April  30, 


tiKSEALOQT. 


1680;  Ridh,  b.  Feb.  10,  1683 ;  a  son,  b.  MaVch  9, 1685,  d.  soon;  Abigail, 
b.  June  29,  1687  ;  Lpdia,  b.  April  30,  1690;  (5)  Dajiiel ;  Joseph  settled 
in  Haverhill,  was  a  merchant  there,  m.  Hannah  Peaslee,  dau.  of  Nathan- 
iel, of  Haverhill,  had  6  chil.,  among  them  Joseph,  who  lived  in  Gilman- 
ton,  N.  H.,  was  General  of  Militia,  Judge  of  Probate,  Member  of  the 
Council  of  Safety,  &c.,  and  was  father  of  Hon.  Joseph  Badger,  jr.,  of  Gil- 
manton,  and  grandfather  of  the  late  "William  Badger,  Governor  of  New- 
Hampshire. 

3.  John  Badger  was  a  merchant,  and  we  presume  lived  in  Newbury. 
Hem.  Rebecca   Brown,   Oct.  5,   1691.     Chil.:  John,h.   Jan.   20,    1692; 
James,  h.  Jun.   10,   1693,  was  a  merchant ;    Elizabeth,  h.   Feb.  5,   1694;. 
Stephen,  h.  1697  ;  Joseph,  b.  1698;  Benjamin,  b.   June  15,  1700  ;  Dorothy, 
b.  June  5,  1709. 

4.  Nathaniel  Badger  settled  first  at  Newbury,  but  after  1714  remov- 
ed to  Norwich  and  from  there  to   Coventry.     He  m.  Mary  Lunt,  March. 

27,  1693;  he  d.  at  Coventry,  Feb.  7,  1752:  she  d.  Aug.  29,  1763,  aged 
86.  Chil. :  John,  b.  Jan.  3,  1694,  probably  m.  Sarah  IMorse  at  Norwich, 
May  12,  1724,  had  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  20,  1724-5,  Sarah,  b.  Sept. 26, 1726, 
Besalal,  b.  Aug.  13,  1728,  and  removed  to   Coventry,   where  he  d.  July 

28,  1762 ;    a   son,   name   not  known,  b.   Nov.   27,    1698 ;   Mehitahle,  b, 

,  1700  ;  Edmund,  b.  April  2,  1703;  Mary,  b.  May  13,  1708  ;  (6)  Sctm- 

uel,  b.  Aug.  14,  1710,   settled  in  Windham  ;  Anne,  b.  June  25,  1712 ;  (7) 

Enoch,  b. — ,  1714,  settled  in  Coventry  ;    Henry,  b.  at  Norwich,  March 

23,  1717. 

5.  Daniel  Badger  settled  first  at  Norwich,  but  from  there  removed 
to  Coventry.  He  was  a  millwright,  and  built  the  first  dam  across  the 
Willimantic  river  at  "  Sliding  Falls,"  for  the  "  Iron  Works"  Co.,  in  which 
he  was  interested,  in  1727,  at  the  same  place  where  the  old  Jillson  dam 
stood,  now  the  premises  of  the  Linen  Company.  He  m.  1st,  at  Norwich, 
Sarah  Wrath  (perhaps  Worth),  Oct.  22,  1719';  m.  2d,  Patience  Durkee, 
June  28,  1727.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Da.niel,  b.  July  14,  1720.  [A  Daniel 
Badger  m.  Mary  Weld  at  Coventry,  Dec.  31,  1735.  unless  there  is  an  er- 
ror in  dates  this  could  hardly  be  the  one.] ;  Gideon,  b.  March  22, 1722-3  ; 
David,  b.  Jan.  8,  1724-5.  Chil.  by  2&  wife  :  Jonathan,  h.  Dec.  4,  1729;; 
Sarah,  b.  April  9,  1730;  Patience,  b.  Jan.  17,  1731-2;  Mannah,  b.  Sept, 
3, 1734.  The  above  records  of  Daniel  Badger  are  found  in  Norwich  rec- 
ords. It  is  not  certain  that  both  marriages  are  of  the  same  person,  though 
probable.  If  so,  his  residence  at  Coventry  was  brief,  and  he  soon  return- 
ed to  Norwich.  No  family  record  is  found  of  him  at  Coventry,  but  it  is 
certain  that  he  resided  there,  when  he  built  the  Willimantic  dam, 

6.  Samuel  Badger,  settled  first  in  Norwich,  but  removed  to  Windham. 
He  m.  Abigail  Bingham,  dau.  of  Joseph,  of  Windham,  Oct.  31,  1734 ;  he 
d.  in  Windham,  April  9,  1797,  aged  86;  she  d.  Oct.  13, 1775.  Chil.  all  b. 
IB  Norwich:    AhigaU,  b.  July    1,  1735,  m,  Armstrong;  (S)  Ed- 


iB4  iilSTOAY   OF   ANCIENT   WINDHiM, 

mtc7id,  b.  Feb.  25,  1737-8 ;  Li'dia,  b.  Nov.  12,  1745  ;  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  ^H; 
1745-6,  m.  Asa  Brewster,  of  Windham ;  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  2,  1748,  m-. 
Louisa  Rachel  ElderkiUj  Sept.  26,  1776;  Joseph,  b.  May  9,  1751,  m.  Pru- 
dence Flint,  dau.  of  Gideon,  Sept.  24,  1774-,  and  had  Jedediah,  b.  Feb.  19, 
1777,  Gideon  Flint,  b.  Ang.  1,  1778,  Jerusha,  b.  Oct.  11,  1785,  he  d.  Nov; 

7,  1841,  aged  90 ;  'Sarah,  h.  Nov.  28.  1753,  m.  Roswell  Lathrop,  of  Wind- 
ham ;  Celinda,  b.  July  23,  1757,  d.  Nov.  27,  1761. 

7.  Enoch  Badger  settled  in  Coventry  before  1748,  and  by  vrife  Mary 
has  the  following chil.  recorded  there:  Ahner,  b.  June  9,  1748;  (9)  Enoch; 
b.  July  5,  1750;  Mar)/,  b.  March  9,  1752.  Enoch  Badger  sen.,  d.  Septi 
4,  1793,  aged  79. 

8.  Edmusd  Badgkr  lived  in  Windham.  He  m.  Lucretia  Abbe,  daUi 
of  Joshua,  sen.,  Dec.  15,  1765  ;  he  d.  at  Bristol,  PenUi,  Sept.  8,  1825,  aged 
88.  Chil.:  Thomas,  h.  June  28,  1766.  A  correspondent  "well  versed  in 
the  history  of  many  Windham  families  says :  "  He  was  perhaps  the  most 
talented  man  ever  born  in  Windham.  His  poetic  talents  were  exorcised 
for  the  amusement  and  often  castigation  of  his  friends.  lie  left  some 
specimens  of  his  iminting  in  oil,  without  the  aid  of  a  teacher,  which  are 
still  preserved  in  the  family  of  the  late  Judge  Swift.  He  went  to  North 
Carolina,  married  there,  and  in  a  few  years  was  considered  at  the  head 
of  the  bar."  The  Hon.  George  E.  Badger,  formerly  a  Senator  in  Con- 
gress, from  North  Carolina,  is  his  son;  Bsla,  b.  Feb.  6,1768,  settled  ia 
Philadelphia,  was,  it  is  said,  a  famous  sportsman^  and  acquired  much 
wealth  ;  George,  b.  March  24,  1770,  lived  in  the  South  ;  Lucretia,  b- 
May  5,  1772,  d.  y. ;  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.,  11, 1774,  d.  April  24,  1789;  Aima^ 
b.  Oct.  29,  1776;  (10)  Edmund,  h.  Feb.  1779;  Lucretia,  2d,^  h.  Marcb 
17,  1784;  Fannij,  b.  Feb.  12,  1785;  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  6,  1786,  settled  in 
Philadelphia,  where  he  is  still  living  a  prominent  and  respected  citizen. 

9.  Enoch  Badger,  jr.,  of  Coventry,  m.  Mary  Lamphear,  Feb.  11,  1773i 
Chil.:  Enoch,  b.  June  5,  1774;  FoUi/,  b.  March  20,  1776;    Lydia,  b.  May 

8,  1778  ;  Edmund,  b.  April,  30,  1780  ;  Tersa,  b.  May  12,  1782;  Willard, 
b.  Jan.  1,  1785  ;  Walter,  b.  Jan.  18,  1787  ;  Sehra,  b.  Nov.  3,  1788  ;  Beta, 
b.  March  26,  1791  ;  Barber,  b.  J\irfe2i,  1793;  Louisa,  b.  March  27, 1796  ; 
Milton  (Rev.),  b.  May  6,  1800,  is  the  well  known  and  eflBcient  senior  Sec- 
retary of  th^Vmerican  Home  Missionary  Society  at  New  York. 

10.  Edmund  Badger,  jr.,  resided,  during  the  early  part  of  his  life,  in 
Windham,  but  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  and  d.  at  Bristol  in  that  State 
about  1860.  He  m.  Amelia  Dyer,  dau.  of  Col.  Thomas,  Aug.  20,  1798 ; 
she  d.  Aug.  21,  1823,  aged  44.  Chil. :  Thomas  Dyer,  b.  Oct.  14,  1799,  d. 
Oct.  8,  1818  ;  Albert  Allen,  b.  Jan.  16,  1801,  m.  Assenath  Crosby,  of  Mans- 
field, Jan.  16,  1821,  and  had  son  Albert  Murray,  recorded  in  that  town ; 
V/illiam,  b.  Sept.  10,  1802,  is  a  lawyer,  and  resides  in  Philadelphia;  Fran- 
tes  Amelia,  b.  Aug.  7,  1804,  is  m.  and  resides  in  Minnesota ;  Edmund,  b. 
July  20, 1806,  d.  Aug.  3, 1806;    George  Dyer,  b.  Nov.  23,  1807  ;    Henry 


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Di/er,h.  March  18,  ISfO,  d,  1827;  Wallace,  h.  March  18,  1812",.  m  the 
army  ;  Elizabeth  M.,  b.  Nov.  10, 1815, resides  m  Bristol,Penn. ;  Edmund,2d, 
b.  Aug.  16,  1817,  in  the  army;  Charles  Taintor,  b.  Sept.  14,  1819,.  in  tho 
army;  Lucretia  Ami,  b.  Oct.  11,  1821,  d. 

Capt.  Edmund  Badger,  of  what  family  we  know  not,  found  recorded  in 
Jonathan  Clark's  records,  presumed  to  have  been  resident  of  Hampton. 
By  wife  Mary  had  chil. :  Olive  and  Mary,  twins,  b.  April  12,  1796;  Mary 
d.  May  4,  1790;  Jared,  b.  Aug.  12,  1799;  Leiois,  b.  Feb.  1,  1801  ;  Laura, 
h.  Jan.  5,  1806.  Capt.  E^Jmund  Badger,  above  nam^d,  was  killed  on  the 
railroad  by  the  cars,  in  Killingl}',  about  1845. 

James  Badger,  of  Mansfield,  no  connection  found  with  the  Windham 
families,  but  probably  of  the  same  race,  m.  Rebecca  Karley,  in  Brooklyn, 
March  2,  1803,  and  had  chil. :  Julia,  b.  Sept.  17,  1804;  Eliza,  b.  Jan.  18, 
1807,  d.  Dec.  19, 1813  ;  JoJm  Loring,  b.  Mareb21^  1809 ;  Mar]f,  b.  Sept.  21, 
1811 ;  Edmund,  b.  March  25,  1814  ;  Laura  Davis^  b.  July  11,  1816  ;  Hen- 
ry S'orrs,  b.  March  20,  IS'l^;  Adaliza  Jane,-  b,  Dec.  17, 1821 ;  Elizabeth^  b, 
Jan.  16,  1826;  James  Cornelius,  b.  Jan.  16,  1829,  d.  July  29,  1831. 


BAKER. 

1.  Hev.  Nicholas  Baker,  b.  about  1611,  of  Hingham,  1635,  freeman, 
1636,  representative,  IQW  and  1638,  removed  to  Scituate,  there  was  or- 
dained 1660,  third  minister  of  the  First  Church  in  that  town,  and  was  of 
such  good  temper  as  to  Feconcile  the  two  churches,  which  had  a  quarrel 
for  thirty  years.  He  was  a  graduate  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,. 
Eng.,  and  had  his  A.  B.  1631-2,  and  A.  M.  1635.  He  first  came  to  Rox- 
bury,  -where  he  stopped  a  short  time.  Hiis  wife,  that  was  probably  moth- 
er of  all  his  chil.  (name  not  known),  d.  1S61,  and  he  ra,  Grace  in 

1662,  who  survived  him  ;  he  d.  Aug.  23, 1G78,  aged  67.  In  his  will  he 
names  the  following  chil. :  (2)  Saviiiel ;  Nicholas;  Elizabeth,  m.  John 
Vinal,  1664  ;  Sarah,  m.  Josiah  Litchfield,  1671 ;  Deborah,  m.  Israel  Chit- 
tenden, 1678  ;  Mary,  m.  Stephen  Vinal,  Feb.  26,  1662. 

2.  Samuel  Baker,  of  Hull  and  Barnstable,  ra.  Fear,  the  dau.  of  Isaac 
Robinson,  who  was  son  of  Rev.  John,  of  Leyden.  Of  this  family  we  have 
no  record,  but  that  Dea.  John,  the  Windham  settler,  was  his  son  there 
is,  perhaps,  no  reason  to  doubt,  and  this  is  the  opinion  of  Amos  Otis,  Esq., 
the  distinguished  genealogist,  of  Yarmouth  Port,  Mass.  (3)  John,  b. 
(according  to  records  preserved  in  the  family  of  Col.  R.  L.  Baker,  of 
Windham,)  at  Martha's  Vineyard,  Oct.,  1672. 

3.  Dea.  John  Baker,  m.  Anna  Annable,dau.  of  Samuel,  of  Barnstable, 
Oct.  4,  1696  ;  she  d.  March  21,  1732-3,  '♦aged  near  57  years."  He  came 
to  Windham,  probably  with  his  sons  Samuel  and  John  before  1746,  and 
located  in  the  south  part  of  the  parish,  (now  town)  of  Scotland.  When 
the  descendants  had  become  somewhat  numerous,  the  place  where  the 


66  B1>IT0RI    or    ANCIENT    WINDHAM, 

families  settled  was  called  "  Baker  Town."  John  Baker,  of  Barnstable, 
(probably  Dea.  John)  purchased,  of  Joshua  Lasell,  two  farms  in  Scotland 
Society,  Windham,  one  of  160  and  the  other  of  100  acres,  with  dwellings, 
Ac,  near  Samuel  Bingham's  for  £2400,  March  24,  1742-3,  Dea.  John 
Baker  united  with  the  church  in  Scotland,  then  the  Third  Church  in 
Windham,  Dec.  14,  174G:  he  d.  Jan.  27,  1703,  aged  90.  The  following 
is  the  inscription  on  his  grave-stone: 

In  memory  of  Dn.  John  Baker  who  having  Served  God  &  his  Generation 
Faithfully,  Fell  on  Sleep.  Jan.  27th.  1763.  in  ye  91st  year  of  his  Age.  he  waa 
for  Many  Years  Deacon  of  ye  west  Church  in  Barnstable  blessed  with  distin- 
guished natural  &  Acquired  endowments,  &  both  adorned  with  an  exemplary 
Christian  temper  &  walk.    Ye  memory  of  ye  just  is  Precious. 

Their  chil.  were:  Annah  or  Hannah^  b.  Sept.  8,  1G97  ;  Mercy ^  b.  Aug. 
18, 1699,  m.  Benjamin  Lothrop,  who  settled  in  Windham,  and  was  the 
ancestor  of  the  Lathrops  of  that  town  ;  John,  1st,  b.  June  14,1701,  d.  y.  ; 
Rebecca,  b.  Sept.  8,  1704;  (4)  Samuel,  h.  Sept.  7,  1706,  settled  in  Wind- 
ham, (Scotland  Society) ;  Mary,  b.  March  25,  1710,  m.  Lemuel  Hodge, 
of  Yarmouth,  1733;  Mehitable,  h.  May  7,  1712,  m.  Ebenezer  Crosby,  of 
Yarmouth,  Jan.  10,  1734;  Abigail^  b.  Feb.  1,  1713,  m.  Ichabod  Lothrop, 
of  Tolland,  Nov.  9,  1732;  (5)  John,  b.  Dec.  1,  1716,  settled  in  Windham 
(Scotland) ;  Hannah,  b.  March  24,  1718,  perhaps  was  3d  wife  of  Capt, 
Joseph  Jennings. 

4.  Dea.  Samuel  Baker  came  to  Windham  probably  with  his  father 
between  1743  and  1746.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Scotland  church,  and 
■was  chosen  deacon  of  the  same,  April  10,  1777.  He  m.  Prudence  Jenk- 
ins, of  Barnstable,  May  30,  1732;  he  d.  Dec.  9,  1791,  aged  85  ;  she  d. 
July,  1793.  Chil.  b.  in  Barnstable  :  Martha,  b.  Jan.  24,  1732-3,  m.  Na- 
thaniel Bingham,  of  Windham  ;  Anna,  b.  May  12,  1735,  d.  y. ;  Bethia,  b. 
Juno  12,  1737,  m.  John  Perkins,  of  Lisbon  and  had  family.  [A  Bethia 
Baker  m.  Adonijah  Kingsley,  Sept.  23,  1756,  and  had  a  son  James,  and 
probably  Mr.  Perkins  was  her  2d  husband.];  (G)  Samuel,  b,  Sept. 
30,  1740 ;  Mercy,  b.  May  30,  1743,  d.  March  17,  1766.  Chil.  b.  in  Wind- 
ham: Anna,  b.  May  20,  1746,  d.  aged  over  70,  unm. ;  (7)  Joseph,  b.  Dec, 
17,  1748 ;  Benjamin,  b.  June  15, 1751,  m.  Lucy  Bottom,  Nov.  25,  1773, 
had  Ralph,  baptized  April  3,  1791,  Mille,  baptized  Aug.  19,  1793,  David, 
baptized  Feb.  7,  1796  ;  ho  probably  had  other  chil.  He  lived  for  a  time 
in  Norwich,  and,  it  is  said,  removed  to  Ashford;  Prudence,  b.  Jan.  4, 
1755,  m.  Abner  Webb  and  had  family. 

5.  John  Baker,  jr.,  came  to  Windham  with  his  father,  Dea.  John. 
He  m.  Mercy  Gary,  dau,  of  John,  Dec.  7,  1744  ;  she  d.  March  22,  1814, 
aged  88 ;  he  d.  Feb.  26,  1815,  aged  98.  Chil. :  Susanna,  b.  Feb.  17,  1746, 
m.  Elisha  Kingsley,  had  family,  and  d.  Dec.  16,  1846,  aged  100  years,  9 
months  and  29  days  ;  (8)  John,  b.  Sept.  27,  1747  ;  Mary,  b.  Oct.  15,  1749, 
m.  Cyrus  Manning ;  (9)  lValter,h.  Sept.  28,  1752;  Enoch,h.  June  30, 
1754,  m.  1st,  Anna  Oaulkins",  of  Lisbon,  m.  2d, Bailey,  of  Lebanon, 


SENKALOCT.  67 

lived  and  died  in  Jewett  City  ;  Elijah,  Ist,  twin  of  Enoch,  b.  June  30, 
1754,  d.  June  25,  1755  or  1756 ;  (10)  Elijah,  2d,  b.  Oct.  9,  1755  or  1756 ; 
Phebe,  b.  June  21,  1759,  m.  James  Burnet;  Hannah,  b.  July  4,  1763,  d. 
Jan.  11,  1830,  unm.  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  10,  1766,  d.  Sept.  27,  1827,  unm. 

6.  Dea.  Samuel  Baker  was  deacon  of  the  Separatist  Church  at  "  Bruns- 
wick," in  Scotland.  He  m.  1st,  Lydia  Smith,  dan.  of  Josiah,  Dec.  8, 
1763  ;  she  d.  Sept.  24,  1771,  aged  28;  m.  2d,  Chloe  Silsby,  dau.  of  John, 
Sept.  27,  1774;  she  d.  Sept.  29,  1788,  aged  40;  m.  3d,  Sarah  Farnham, 
Dec.  29,  1794 ;  he  d.  May  6,  1812,  aged  71.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Erastus, 
b.  Doc.  9,  1764;  Ephraim,  b.  Dec.  3,  1766  ;  EtMbert,  b.  Nov.  4,  1768 ; 
Anson,  b.  Sept.  12,  1771,  d.  Sept.  13,  1771.  Chil.  by  2d  wife :  Samuel,  b. 
July  17,  1775,  d.  Oct.  8,  1802,  aged  27 ;  Adonijah,  b.  April  29,  1777  ; 
Sepiimitis,  b.  Dec.  28,  1778,  m.  Mary  Baldwin,  of  Canterbury,  March  30, 
1811,  and  had  Juliette,  Samuel,  Lydia,  Caroline  who  d.  y.,  and  Mary  ;  Lyd- 
ia, b.  March  17,  1781,  d.  Jan.  30, 1814  ;  Levi,  b.  Oct.  3,  1783 ;  Chloe,  h. 
March  31,  1786,  m.  John  P.  Gager.  The  sons  of  the  above  Samuel  Ba- 
ker removed  from  Scotland. 

7.  DocT.  Joseph  Baker  was  a  physician,  and  settled  in  Brooklyn,  Ct., 
where  he  continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death.  Ho 
m.  Lucy  Devotion,  dau.  of  Rev.  Ebenezer,  minister  of  Scotland,  Feb.,  1779  ; 
he  d.  May  16,  1804  ;  ehe  d.  April  13,  1842,  aged  88.  Chil. :  Elizabeth,  b. 
Feb.  19,  1780,  m.  P.  P.  Tyler,  d.  Oct.  9,  1862,  was  the  mother  of  Daniel 
P.  Tyler,  Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  Ct.  ;  Deborah,  b.  Sept.  23,  1781,  m.  Thadde- 
us  Clark,  of  Lebanon.  Their  dau.  Sarah  Jane  is  the  well-known  writer, 
*'  Grace  Greenwood,"  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  Leander  K.  Lippincott,  of  Phil- 
adelphia, and  editress  of  tho  Little  Pilgrim  ;  Ebenezer,  b.  July  22,  1783, 
m.  Elizabeth  Williams,  succeeded  his  father  as  physician  at  Brooklyn,  d. 
Dec.  11,  1820 ;  Martha,  b.  June  7,  1786,  m.  Solomon  W.  Williams,  of  Leb- 
anon;  James,  b.  Sept.  11,  1788,  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  U.S.  Army,  1813. 
d.  at  Savannah,  Ga. ;  (11)  Rt(fus  Laihrop,  b.  Dec.  6,  1790;  Lucy  Maria, 
b.  March  23,  1793,  m.  Rev.  Willard  Preston,  late  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  where 
his  wid.  and  family  reside ;  Mary,  b.  July  17,  1796,  m.  Jonathan  A. 
Welch,  Esq..  of  Brooklyn,  where  she  d. ;  Joseph,  twin  of  Mary,  d.  in  in- 
fancy. 

8.  Capt.  John  Baker,  of  Scotland,  m.  Elizabeth  Manning,  dau.  of  Hot- 
kiah,  Dec.  14,  1775 ;  he  d.  Feb.  13,  1828,  aged  80 ;  she  d.  Dec.  5,  1828, 
aged  73.  Chil.:  Charles,  b.  Oct.  26, 1776,  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  1798, 
studied  law,  m.  Catherine  Lindsey,  of  Montgomery,  N.Y.,  d.  in  Newburg, 
N.  Y,,  May,  1841 ;  Oliver,  b.  Aug.  1,  1778,  received  an  injury  in  his  spine 
at  the  age  of  20,  which  made  him  decrepid  for  life,  d.  Sept.  11,  1847,  aged 
69 ;  Andrew,  b.  June  28,  1780,  m.  Diantha  Gary,  dau.  of  Ezekiel,  lived  at 
Willimantic,  d.  Nov.  3,  1826,  aged  46,  leaving  no  issue  ;  Eunice,  b.  June 
18,  1782,  m.  Luther  Kingsley,  is  living  in  Mansfield  a  wid. ;  Hezekiah,  Ist, 
b.  June  14, 1784,  d.  Feb.  5,  1790;  Elisha,  b.  Aug.  3, 1786,  m,  Ist,  wid. 


■*68  H19T0KT    fflr    ANCIENT    WINUKi^. 

Elizabeth  Hurley,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  in.  2d,  wid.  Margaret  Loomis,  of  New 
York,  has  had  2  chil.  by  each  wife,  resides  in  Bridgeport,  Ct., 
and  is  a  dentist ;  Fanny,  1st,  b.  Dec.  14,  1788,  d.  July  29,  1781 ;  Sally,  b. 
March  23,  1791,  resides  in  Mansfield  ;  Hezekiah  Manning,  b.  July  1,  1793^, 
an.  Anna  Smith,  dau.  of  Eleazer,  of  Canterbur}',  she  d.  July,  1845,  he  d. 
1862,  several  chil.;  Fanny,  2^,  h.  Aug.  31,  179S,  ra.  Benjamin  Hovey, 
Hiyes  in  Scotland. 

9.  Walter  Baker,  of  ScotlacRd,  tn.  Rebecca  <!/airy,  dau.  of  Dea.  Jolm, 
Dec.  21,  1775;  had  the  following  chil.  recorded  rn  Windham,  and  emi- 
grated west:  Esther,  b.  July  ll,i777;  Mary,  b.  Nov.  27,  1778;  Harriet^ 
h.  Dec.  20,  1780;  Phehe,  b.  May  8,  1783;  Sophia,  b.  May  18, 1785  ;  James^ 
b.  May  5,  1787  ;  Rebeckah,  b.  ScfL  28, 1789. 

10.  Elijah  Baker,  m.  Olive  Kasson,  Nov.  4,  1779,  had  the  following 
chil.  and  removed  west:  Elijah,  h.  Sept.  24,  1780;  Kasson,h.  Jan.  1^ 
1783;  Olive,  b.  April  9,  1785  ;  Lticinda,  b.  Oct.  9, 1786  ;  Susanna,  h.  Aug, 
30,  1791 ;  Lzicy,  b.  Aug.  27,  1793;  Mary,  h.  June  30,  1796  ;  John,  b.  Feb, 
12,  1799. 

11.  CoL.  Rujus  L.  Baker  was  aippointed  ensign  in  the  U.  S.  Army  m 
1812,  Lieutenant,  1813,  Captain,  1817,  Brevet  Major,  1827,  Major,  1832, 
Brevet  Lieut.  Colonel,  1848,  Lieut.  Colonel,  1852,  resigned,  Jan.,  1855, 
resides  at  Windham.  He  m.  Eliza  Taintor,  dau.  of  the  late  Charles,  of 
Windham,  and  has  chil. :  Charles  Taintor,  b.  at  Windham,  April  13,  1821, 
graduated  at  the  Military  Academy,  1842,  appointed  Lieutenant  U.  S. 
Army,  served  ia  Florida,  and  as  iRstructor  in  Tactics  at  West  Point,  re- 
signed, 1851,  m.  Anna  Bartlett,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Dwight,  Esq.,  of  Spring- 
field, resides  in  New  Jersey  ;  IVillia^n  Riifus,  b.  at  Alleghany  Arsenal, 
Pittsburg,  Peon.,  May  15,  1830,  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenecta- 
dy, resides  in  New  York. 


BALCAM. 

1.  Capt,  John  Balcam  appears  in  Mansfield  a/bout  1724.  He  wasper- 
haps  the  son  of  Alexander  and  Sarah  ;( Woodcock)  Balcam,  and  if  so  was 

'b.  at  Attleborough,  April  29,  1699.     He  m.   1st,  Sarah   before  he 

came  to  Mansfield  ;  she  d.  Feb.  26,  1741-2;  m.  2d,  Hannah ;  she  d. 

Sept.  8,   1753;  he  d.  Sept.  2,  1782.     Chih  all  by  1st  wife :    (2)  John,  b. 

'Nov.  7,  1724  ;  Susanna,  b.  Dec.  11, 1726,  d.  April  6, 1727  ;  (3)  Joseph,  h. 
Sept.  24,  1728;  Marah  or  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  18,  1730;  (4)  Elias,  b.  Oct.  4, 
1733 ;  Susanna,  2d,  b.  Aug.  30,  1735  ;  Francis,  b.  March  3,  1748. 

2.  John  Balcam,  jr.,  ra.  Mary  Gillett,  dau.  of  Nathaniel,  of  Salisbury, 
Nov.  8,  1750.  He  had  the  following  chil.  recorded  in  Mansfield,  after 
which  perhaps  he  removed:  Susanna,  h.  Feb.  25,  1752;  Nathaniel,h. 
July  3,  1754  ;  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  9,  1757;  John,  b.  April  6,  1759;  Irena^  b. 


eCNtALOOT.  69 

July  10,  1761;  Mar;/,  b.  Jan,  19,  1764;  Kezia,  h.  Sane  2S,  1766;  Rhoda., 
b.  Sept.  9,  177'8  ;  Esther.,  b.  March  31,  1772. 

3.  Joseph  BAiXAM  liwed  in  Mansfield,  on  "Chestnut  Hill,"  probably 
Lis  father's  homestead.  Hem.  Mary  King,  dau.  of  Samuel,  Jan.  IQ, 
1760;  he  d.  about  1809.  Chil. :  (5)Azariah,  b.  Aug.  22,  1760;  Elizabeth,, 
b.  Feb.  14,  1762;  Uriah,  h.  July  3,  1704;  Asahel,  h.  July  31,  176C;  Con- 
stant, b.  Aiig.  21,  1768 ••  Manj,  h.  Oct.  22,  1771 ;  Sarah,  b.  May  29,  1774  ; 
.(6)  Francis^  b.  Oct.  29,  3.776;  Daih^h.  Feb.  13,  177;9,  went  west  ;  Lucin- 
da,  b.  Jan.  t,  1782,  m.  Ebenezer  Qarley, 

4.  Emas  JBalcam,  of  Mansfield,  ra.  Phebe  Eester,  of  Lebanon,  Aug.  7, 
1754, perhef^s  he  removed.  Chil.:  S.irah  and  Hannah,  tw'm»,h.  Jan.  13., 
1756;  Phebe,  b.  March  16,  1758  ;  Elias  Cabot,,  b.  Nov.  3,  1700;  Rachel,  b.. 
June  8, 1762;  OUve,h.  March  18,  1700;  Elizabeth,  b.  March  i!.4,  1763.. 

5.  AzARiAH  Balcam  lived  in  Mansfield  until  about  1783,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Windham  (\^'\ilhmantic),,and  lived  in  the  old  Fitch  house,  now 
owned  by  Laban  Chase.  He^rn.  1st,  Deborah  Huntington,  dau.  of  Elea- 
zer,  of  Mansfield,  Nov.  15,  1781 ;  she  d.  Feb.  1,  1814,  aged  50 ;  m.  2d, 
Lydia  Fitch,  wid.  of  Jabez,  of  Willimantic,  and  dau.  of  Joshua  Booth  EJ- 
derkm,  of  Windhan\,  Oct.  19,  1814;  he  d.  some  years  since.  Chil.  all  by 
1st  wife  ;  Alpheus,  b.  May  10,  1783,  m.  and  settled  in  New  York  State; 
(7)  Socrates,  b.  Jan.  11,  1780;  Martin,  b.  F«eb.  5,  1788  ;  Lucius,  b.  Jan. 
14,  1790,  m.  1st,  Dlantha  Jacobs,  m.  2d,  Susan  Field,  has  liv.ed  in  Willi- 
mantic, is  now  living  in  East  Haddam,  Ct.,  with  his  3d  wife.;  Orren,  b, 
Nov.  24,  1792,  d.  Jan.  2,  1798  ;  Artemisia,  b.  Jan.  10,  1794,  m.  Chester 
Davison,  had  chil. ;  Maria,,  h.  May  11,  1797,  d.  May.  20,  1814,  aged  17  ; 
Lora  Phebe  H.,  b.  .SF.eb.  ,27, 1799,;  John  Adams,  b.  May  23,  1801,  d.  y.,; 
Sherman,  b.  Dec.  12,  1805. 

6.  Francis  Balcam  lived  rand  d.  in  Mansfield,  Chestnut  Hill.  He  m. 
Eunice  Lathrop,  of  Jjebanon,  March  4,  1804,  and  had  chil..:  Gorton,  b,. 
Jan.  6,  1805,  lives  in  Biaghamton,  N.  Y.,  and  has  family  ;  Julia,  h.  Feb.. 
1806  ;  Brigham  went  to  New  York  State  ;  Constant ;  Lois. 

7.  Socrates  Balcam,  of  Windham,  m.  Amie  Bingham,  Aug.  19,  1810  ; 
he  d.  a  few  years  since  ;  she  is  still  living  in  Norwich.  Chil.:  Horace,  b, 
July  11,  1811,  d.  June  18,  1832,  aged  21  ;  Edwin,  b.  March  20,  1813,  m. 
Emma  McGouty,  of  Windham,  April  5,  1835,  and  had  Henry  A.,  b.  Jan. 
26,  1836,  is  m.,  is  a  teacher,  has  taught  in  the  2d  .District,  Willimantic, 
and  was  teaching  in  Middletown  in  1863,  Horace  E.,  b,  April  10,  1841 ; 
Alfred,  h.  Oct.  15,  1814,  d.  y. ;  Edicard,  b,  June  14, 1817,  m.  Ellen  Brown- 
ing, of  Pomfret,  lives  in  Norwich,  has  had  chil. ;  Julian,  b.  May  28, 1819, 
lived  in  Windham,  Willimantic  and  Norwich,  was  for  a  time  conductor 
on  the  New  London  Bailroad,  was  highly  esteemed,  d.  a  few  years  since, 
unm.  ;  Caroline,  m.  A.  T.  Converse,  of  Norwich. 


7iJ  HISTOnr    OF    iiXCIEXT    WIN'DHAM. 


BALCH. 

There  are  sonic  fragmentary  records  of  the  Balch  family  in  M&nafield, 
as  follows :  John  Balch  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  William  Hall,  Nov.  18, 
1733,  and  had  Ruth,  b.  Oct.  8,  1734 ;  Esther,  b.  Nov.  9, 1736  ;  he  d.  about 
1788. 

1.  Veuin  Balch,  of  Manstield,  m.  Sarah  Taylor,  dau.  of  Henry,  Sept. 
26,  1750.  He  d.  about  1797.  Chil. :  (2)  Israel,  b.  J;in.  26,  1651  ;  a  son, 
b.  and  d.  July  27, 1752;  (3)  Henri/,  b.  July  2,  1753;  Sarah,  b.  May  4, 
1757  ;  Mary,  b.  May  26,  1760,  probably  m.  Nathan  Bassett ;  Joseph,  b. 
April  8,  1763,  d.  Aug.  8,  1764  ;  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  8,  1765  ;  Lydia,  b.  Oct. 
10,  1768. 

2.  Israel  Balch  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  John  Arnold,  Feb.,  1771.  Chil.: 
Lncinda,  b.  April  3,  1772  ;  Arnold,  b.  Feb.  8,  1775  ;  Roger,  b.  May  20, 
1777. 

3.  Henrt  Balch  m.  Elizabeth  Kimball,  of  Colchester,  March  4,  1783. 
Chil. :  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  5,  1783  ;  Henry  Taylor,  b.  Nov.  28, 1785,  m.  Cath- 
arine Thomas,  Sept.  11,  1808,  and  had  Dan,  b.  July  14,  1809  ;  Joseph,  b, 
March  10,  1788  ;  John,  b.  May  10,  1790,  m.  Mary  "Wood,  March  15,  1811, 
and  had  John  Austin,  b.  Jan.  24,  1812,  Mary  Anne  Maria,  b.  April  9, 
1816;  Elizahcth,h.  Jan.  5,  1792;  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  6,  1794,  m.  Eunice 
Hamilton,  May  19,  1819,  and  had  Sophronia  Ann,  b.  Jan.  25,  1820,  Sam- 
uel Henry,  b.  June  20,  1823,  Roxana  Minerva,  b.  April  17,  1728,  Milo 
Hamiltonj  b.  June  17,  1835  ;  Molly  Bibbins,  b.  July  20,  1797. 

Bazaleel  Balch  m.  Ruth  Davis,  Feb.  23,  1786.  Chil. :  A'limaaz,  b. 
July  4,  1787,  d.  Jan.  11,  1804 ;  Anna,  b.  Aug.  18,  1789  ;  John,  b.  Dec.  7, 
1791  ;  Ruth,  b.  Sept.  7,  1794  ;  Joseph,  b.  March  5,  1797  ;  Elizabeth,  b. 
April  25,  1799;  Farmy,  b.  June  21,  1801 ;  Ahimaaz,  2d,  b.  April  1,  1804  ; 
Mary,  b.  Oct.  3,  1806. 

William  Balch  m.  Elizabeth  Hall,  probably  dau.  of  Josiah,  Oct.  26, 
1786.  Chil. :  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  29,  1787 ;  Betsey,  b.  Oct.  27, 1789  ;  Origm, 
b.  Jan.  15,  1794. 

Israel  Balch  (perhaps  same   as  No.  2,)  m.   Sarah ,  1792.     Chil. ' 

Marvin,  b.  March  1,  1793  ;  Rhoda,  b.  Jan.  3, 1795  ;  Lucia,  b.  Nov.  4,1798, 


BALDWm: 

The  early  Baldwins  were  somewhat  numerous,  as  Henry,  of  Woburn, 
1649;  JoHK,  Milford,  1639  ;  John,  Guilford,  as  early  as  1653,  the  ances- 
tor of  the  Norwich  and  early  Lebanon  Baldwins,  from  whom  descended 
Bev.  Dr.  Baldwin,  of  Boston,  Hon.  Simeon  Baldwin  and  the  late  Gov, 


«jknkai.oc;t.  71 

Roger  S.  Baldwin ;  JouN,Billerica,  1G55  ;  Nathaniel,  MiUord,  1G39  ;  Rich- 
ard, Milford,  1G40  ;  and  others. 

■'7-  DANIEL  BALDWIN. 

1.  Daniel  Baldwin  was  at  Norwich  1731,  tradition  says,  in  that  part 
of  the  town  which  is  now  Lisbon,  was  then  m.,  and  perhaps  had  chil.  be  - 
fore.  We  have  not  been  able  to  connect  him  with  any  of  the  early  fara_ 
ilies  above  named.  He  was  not  probablj  descended  from  John,  of  Guil- 
ford. He  appeared  in  Mansfield  about  1752,  and  after  1771  removed  to 
Tolland.  By  wife  Hannah,  had  at  Norwich,  chil.:  (2)  Daniel,  b.  Nov.  14, 
1731;  Hannah  2d,  b.  Jan.,  1733,  m.  Samuel  Sargent;  (3)  Ebenczer,h.  Oct- 
24,  1734;  Ddorah,  b.  June  5,  1737,  ra.  Phillip  Turner,  Jr.,  of  Mansfield  ; 
Phebe,  h.  Dec.  2,  1739,  m.  Isaac  Sargent,  of  Mansfield  ;  Sarah,  b.  in  Mans- 
field, June  10,  1752,  m. Fowler;  Samuel ;  Asa  ;  and  perhaps  others. 

2.  Daniel  Baldwin,  Jr.,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Annali,  or  Hannah  Knight* 
of  Windham,  dau.  of  Joseph,  of  Norwich,  April  5,  1753.  Chil.:  A7ine,  h, 
May  26, 1758,  d.  Feb.  13,  1759;  Joseph,  b.  April  30,  17G1,  was  killed  by  a 
cart  wheel,  April  21,  1774  ;  Shtibael,  b.  Feb.  2G,  1764;  Lj/dia,  h.  Aug.  4, 
1766  ;  Philip,  b.  Dec.  7,  1770  ;  Deborah,  b.  March  25,  1776. 

3.  Ebenezer  Baldwin,  of  Mansfield,  lived  about  two  miles  north  east 
of  Mansfield  Center,  on  the  road  to  Swift  Town,  and  was  a  large  land 
owner.  He  m.  Ruth  Swift,  dau.  of  John,  Nor.  12,  1761.  Chil.:  Ruth,  b. 
Aug.  21, 1762,  d.  Feb.  13,  1764 ;  Elizabeth,  h.  Dec.  3,  1763,  m.  Andrew 
Hartshorn;  Rtdh  2d,  b.  July  1,1765,  m.  Abel  Edgerton ;  Hannah,  h. 
June  6,  1767 ;  Ebenezer,  h.  Nov.  9, 1769  ;  (4)  John,  b.  April  5,  1772 ;  Jern- 
sha,  b.  Feb.  27,  1776  ;  MoUv,  b.  June  17,  1778  ;  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  2, 1780  ; 
(5)  Eleaier,  b,  Aug.  2,  1782.   •        • 

4.  Hon.  John  Baldwin,  of  Windham,  was  a  lawyer,  judge  of  the 
County  court,  served  one  term  in  Congress,  was  a  man  of  good  abilities, 
and  considerably  employed  as  a  counselor  and  in  public  business.  Hem. 
let  Polly  Huntington,  dau.  of  Solomon,  Dec.  14,  1798 ;  she  d.  April  20, 
1814,  aged  33  ;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Young,  wid.  of  Capt.  William,  and 
dau.  ofCj.pt.  Ralph  Ripley;  bed.  March  27,  1850,  aged  78;  shed,  at 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  1862.  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  (G)  John;  Julia  Ann,  d.  Juno 
14.  1806, aged  3. 

5.  Elkazer  Baldwin,  lived  for  a  number  of  years  at  Mansfield  Center* 
in  what  is  now  the  parsonage  house,  and  was  a  merchant  there.  He  ra. 
Harriet  Robertson,  of  Coventry  ;  he  d.  at  the  old  Baldwin  homestead,  in 
Mansfield,  Oct.  13,  1825;  his  wid.  is  living  with  Warren  Atwood,  at  Wil- 
limantic.  Chil.:  Emily,  b.  Jan.  3,  1805,  m.  Asahel  Tarbox,  resides  in 
Willimantic  ;  (7)  Raymond,  b.  Feb.  20,  1806 ;  Washington,  b.  Nov.  2, 
1807,  emigrated  first  to  Canada,  and  from  there  to  Wisconsin,  where  he 
resides  and  has  a  family  ;  Jesse  H.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1809,  went  to  North  Car- 
olina, removed  to  Mississippi,  where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business 


72  mstmr  or  ANciest  Windham. 

d.-  aC  New  Orleans,  some  years  since.  His  wid.  and  Chil.  reside  in  Kortli 
Carolina;  Harriet,  b.  Dee.  7,  1810,  m.  Warren  Atwood,  resides  in  Willi- 
mftMic ;  Eleazcr,  b.  Apfil  3^.  1812,  m.  Nancy  Ward,  dau.  of  Jeremiah,- re- 
sides in  Columbia  and  has  family  ;/ii/a?-7/,  b.  April  2,  1814,  m.  Martin 
JJrairAiTd,  has  chil.,  resides  at  East  Haddam ;  Almira,  b.  July  21,  1818, 
m.  Jsh'am'  Cross,  resides  at  Norwich  and  has  family  ;  Fanny^  b.  Nov.  21, 
1820,- m.- John  Congdon,  resides  in  Charlestown,  li.  I.,  has  chil:  Harmy, 
b.  June  26,  1823,  m.  Clark  McKinster,  lives  in  Mf^H'etown. 

6.  JoffN  Baldwin,  of  Windham,  m.  1st,  Betsey  Mc^Gouty,  dau.  of  John? 
shed.  April  2,  1826,  aged  22;  m.  2d  Ann  Frink,  of  Stoniigtow.  Chil.  by 
1st  wife  :  John  Huntington,  m.  Abby  Eleanor  Frink,  Nov.  2, 1846,  d.  (shot 
himself)  Dec.  1,  1852,  aged  30.  leaving  one  dau.  His  \f\i.  m.  Asa  B.  Work, 
and  removed  from  Windham.     Chil.  by  2d  wife :  one  son  and  two  daus. 

7.  Raymond  Baldwin,  of  Mansfieldjm.  1st  Amanda  Lull ;  she  d.  and 
he  m.  2d,  Mary  A.  (Benchley)  Moulton,  -»M  of  the  late  Edward  L.,  of 
Willimantic,  Sept.  24,  1861.  Chil.  by  Ist  wife  :  Maria,  d.  aged  11 ;  Jane, 
m.  James  French,  of  Mansfield  ;  Julia,  aa.  Nathaniel  Perkins,  of  Mans- 
field ;  DeZm,m,  John  Gray,  of  GroloR;  Amelia,  m.  Nathan  Ayres,  of 
Preston  ;  George,  m  the  Army;  Ellen,  n>.  William  Ave/y,  of  Franklin  ; 
Jezome,  in  the  army  ;  Emma. 

Lieut.  Thomas  Baldwin,  probably  of  the  Billerica  hmily,  was,  accord- 
ing to  the  records,  the  first  of  the  name  who  settled  in  Mansfield.  He 
d.  Feb.  23,  1749-50  and  Lis  wid.  Dorothy,  in.  Simon  Crosby,  of  Mansfield. 
Chil.  recorded  in  Mansfield:  William^  b.  Sept.  5,  1737,  d.  Aug.  1,  1739  ; 
Benjamin,  d.  July  21,  1739;  Rachel,  d.  July  27,-  1739;  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  3, 
1739,  was  at  Billerica  about  1760 ;  Benjamin  2d,  b.  Oct.  5,.  1743  ;  and 
j>erhaps  others  before  he  settled  in  Mansfield. 

Thomas  Baldwin,  Jr.,  perhaps  son  of  Lieut.  Thomas,  above,  m.  Debor- 
ah Paddock,  dau.  of  Zachariah,  Nov.  16,  1748.  Chil.:  Deborah,  b.  Nov. 
12,  1749 ;  Bethiah,  b.  Nov.  12,  1749 ;  Elizabeth,  b.  June  29, 1754;  Thomas 
b.  Jan- 17, 1758, 

Eleazer  B'aldwin.  of  Mans  field,- his  parentage  not  ascertained,  m.  Eliz- 
abeth Wright,  dau.  of  Ebenezer,  April  8,  1751,  and  had  chil.:  Thomas,  b. 
Jan.  23,  1752  ;  Zerviah,  b.  Aug.  23,  1754,  m.  Amos  Field,  of  Mansfield  ; 
Eleazer,  b.  Nov.  6,  1756  ;  BJioda,  b.  Dec.  25, 1758,  m.  Jonas  Huntington, 
of  Mansfield,  and  had  family;,  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  26,  1761 ;  Asa,  b.  Jan.  25, 
1764  ;  Olive,  h.  Feb.  15,  1766,  d.May  9,  1767  ;  Olive  2d,  b.  Feb.  28, 1770  ; 
Elizabeth,  b.  Sept-;28.  1772,  d.  Jane  17,  1777. 

Joseph  Baldwin,  of  Mansfield,  of  what  family  we  know  not,  m.  Eliza- 
beth Porter,  dau.  of  Lieut.  John,  Nov.  16,  1757.  Chil. :  Silas,  b.  Sept.  6, 
1758;  Elizabeth,  b.  April  13,  1761  ;  Amia,  b.  Jan.  14,  1764;  Joseph,  h. 
July  4,  1766;  Katurah,  b.  Feb,  5,  1772;  Thomas,  b.    March  19,  1774,  m. 

Polly .  and  had  Joseph  Porter,  b.  June  8, 1808,  John  Harris,  b.  July 

29,  1810,  George,  b.  Feb.  3,  1812,  Miranda,  b.  July  12,  1814;  John,  twin 
of  Thomas,  b.  March  19,  1774. 


GENKALOGY.  lo 

fiPHRAiM  Baldwin,  of  MaiLsQeld,  m.  Sunili  Bingham,  dan.  of  Natbauiel, 
Jan.  4,  1757,  and  bad  Sarah,  b.  April  13,  1759. 

RuFus  Baldwin,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Eunice  Leffingwcll,  dau.  of  Samuel, 
of  Norwich,  June  7,  1759,  and  had  Rtifus,  b.  June  27,  17C0. 

Elijah  Baldwin  m.  Assenath  Allen,  dau.  of  Ebenezer,  Sept,  28,  1780, 
and  had  Elijah,  b.  Sept.  24,  1782. 

Dorothy  Baldwin,  of  Mansfield,  m.  John  Farwell  June  7,  1739. 

Since  the  above  was  hi  print  we  have  obtained  some  additional  particulars 
of  Ebenezer  Baldwin  (3)  and  fomily  as  follows  : 

3.  Ebenezek  Baldwin,  d.  aged  98.  His  son  Ebenezer  and  dau.  Ilaunah  in-db- 
ably  d.  y.;  Jfc'/7«.s/t«,  m.  Zalmon  McKinster,  of  Stafford,  both  d.  leaving  large 
families,  four  of  which  are  now  living  in  Wisconsin.-  Clark,  one  of  the  sons, 
111.  Harmy  or  Harmon^'  Baldwin,  dau.  of  Eleazer ;  Ilolhj,  m.  Rufus  Butler,  had 
three  chil.,  their  oldest  dau..  .Jeru.sha,  m.  Chester  Lamphere,  of  Chaplin. 

Samuel  Baldwin,  son  of  Ebenezer  (3)  m.  Sally  Clark,  dau.  of  James,  of 
Mansfield,  lived  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.  :  he  d.,  and  his  wid.  is  living  in  New 
York.  Their  chil.  were  :  Alvin,  m.  had  family,  now  living  in  Chicago  ;  James 
(7.,  and  Danford,  are  residents  of  New  York  city,  have  been  in  the  cabinet  bus- 
iness a  number  of  years,  and  botli  have  families  ;  John,  d.  18fi2,  leaving  a  fam- 
ily in  New  Jersey  ;  Sarah,  m.  Hiram  Chase,  both  d.,  no  family  ;  Daniel,  lives' 
in  Stafford,  has  been  twice  m.,  and  has  family  ;  Lather  lives  in  Tolland,  has 
family  ;  Fhilander  is  in  the  army. 

Thomas  Baldwin,  the  youngest  son  and  child  of  Ebenezer  (3),  not  on  record, 
nor  in  the  above  list,  ni.  Zerviali  Crane,  of  Mansfield,  had  a  large  family,  and 
about  1825  removed  to  the  State  of  New  York.  His  oldest  dan.,  Anna,  m.  Wil- 
liam V.  Johnson,  of  Mansfield. 


BARKER. 

Nathaniel  Barker  d.  in    Windham,  Aug.  27,    1727.     3Iari/,  his  dau., 
by  wife  Elizabeth,  b.  March  29,  1728.     Elizabeth,  his   wid.,  became  the 
2d  wife  of  John  Babcock.     There  was  an  Ephraim  Barker,  whose  wife 
Hannah,  d.  in  Windham  Jan.  29,  1765. 
10 


V 


BALLARD. 

Humphrey  Ballard,  son  of  Joseph,  of  Audover,  Mass.,  bought  100 
acres  of  land  in  the  east  part  of  Windham,  by  Merrick's  Brook,  .June  17, 
1717.     He  m.  Hannah  Broughton,  probably  dau.  of  John,  Nov.  6,  1717  ;  ^ 

he  d.   May  22,  1735.     His   family  probably   removed  from   Windham.  '^^ 

Chil. :  Zebulon,  h.  Nov.  5,  1718  ;  John,  b.  June  17,  1720  ;  David,  b.  April 
1,  1723  J  Jose2)h,  b.  Aug.  20,-  1727  ;  Abner,  b.  June  9, 1731,  d,  Jan.  22, 
1741-2 ;  Jeremiah,  b.  Jan.  19,  1733-4. 


74  HISTORY    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 


BARROWS. 

Barrow  or  Barrows  is  an  English  name,  and  it  is  presumed  tte  earfi" 
est  settlers  in  New  England  were  English  Puritans.  It  appears  that  twa 
of  the  name  came  over  at  an  early  day  and  settled  in  Plymouth.  A  James 
Barrows  was  taxed  at  Dover,  1670,  but  no  more  is  known  of  hitn. 

John  Barrows  came  to  Plymouth,  had  wife  Deborah  and  chil. :  jRo6- 
ert,,  Benajah^  Joshua  and  Ebenezer,  besides  two  daughters  ;  he  d.  Jan.  12^ 
1672. 

ROBERT  BARROWS. 

1.  Robert  Barrows,  the  common  ancestor  of  the  Mansfield  fatailies, 
was  perhaps  a  brother  of  John  above  named,  though  Mr.  Savage,  in  his 
recent  Genealogical  Dictionary,  calls  him  his  son.  He  m.  1st,  Ruth  Bo- 
num,  dau.  of  George,  Nov.  28,  1G66,  and  had  EUza.  b.  Sept.  16,1669,  who 
d.  soon,  and  Mr.  Savage  says  no  more  is  known  of  him.  But  Mr.  Arad 
Barrows,  of  Philadelphia,  has  ascertained  from  records  that  Robert  Bar- 
rows, who  m.  Ruth  Bonumj  had  other  chil.  by  her,  and  m.  2d,  Lydia  Dun- 
ham, and  had  the  following  chil.  by  her:  EHsha,  b.  March  17,  1686,  d. 
Jan.  19, 1689;  {^2)  Robert,  b.  Nov.  8,  1689,  settled  in  Mansfield;  Thankful^ 
b.  Dec.  8,  1692 ;  Elisha,  2d,b.  June  16, 1695 ;  (3)  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  14, 1697, 
settled  in  Mansfield  ;  Lydia,  b.  March  19,  1699. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  ROBERT  BARROWS,  THE  MANSFIELD  SET- 
TLER. 

2.  Robert  Barrows  appears  in  Mansfield  about  1720.  He  m.  at  Plym- 
outh, Bethia  Ford,  who  d.  at  Mansfield,  Nov,  12,  1773,  aged  82  ;  he  d. 
at  Mansfield,  Aug.  17,  1779,  aged  89.  Their  chil.  b.  at  Plymouth  were  : 
(4)  Jahez,  b.  Oct.  11,  1711 ;  Lemuel,  b.  March  25,  1714;  (5)  Thomas,  b. 
Sept.  13,  1716.  Chil. b.  in  Mansfield:  Amos,  b.  Dec.  16,  1722;  Lydia,  b. 
July  6,  1726  ;  David,  b.  Aug.  11, 1728  ;  (6)  Elisha,  b.  April  13,  1730. 

4.  Jabez  Barrows  settled  in  that  part  of  Mansfield  known  as  the 
*'  city,"  a  little  north  of  the  present  residence  of  Ralph  Storrs.  He  m . 
Ist,  Sibbel  Hall,  dau.  of  Isaac,  May  20,  1736 ;  she  d.  July  20,  1769  ;  m. 
2d,  Abigail  Hovey,  of  Lebanon,  wid.  of  Thomas,  of  Mansfield,  and  dau. 
of  Jedediah  Phelps,  of  Lebanon.  Chil. :  (7)  Jabez,  b.  July  27,  1737  ;  (8) 
Robert,  b.  May  8,  1739 ;  Samtiel,  b.  Feb.  18,  1741,  d.  April  2,  1769 ;  (9) 
Isaac,  b.  Dec.  30,  1742 ;  Sibbel,  b.  Dec.  13,  1744,  m.  John  Brown,  sen.,  of 
Willimantic,  had  family,  and  d.,  1837,  aged  93;  Lydia,  h.  Feb.  21,1746-7, 
m.  Zuriel  Campbell ;  Eunice,  b.  Dec.  12, 1748,  m.  Nathaniel  Hunt,  of 
Mansfield;  a  child,  b.  June  14,  1751,  d. ;  Stephen,  b.  July  9,  1752,  m.  1st, 
Dolly  Turner,  dau.  of  Phillip,  Nov.  4,  1773,  she  d.  May  30,  1792,  m.  2d, 


«ENEAL06T.  1 5 

Eunice  Williams,  of  Brooklya,  Jan.  23,  1793,  had  by  2d  wife,  Maria  Wil- 
liams, b.  Oct.  13,  1793,  who  m.  1st,  Warner  Stowell,  and  had  family,  m. 
2d,  Jesse  Bingham,  living  in  Mansfield ;  Martha,  b.  Sept.  4,  1755,  proba- 
bly m.  Nathaniel  Palmer,  of  Coventry;  (10)  David,  b.  Dec.  22, 1758. 

5.  Lieut.  Thomas  Barrows,  called  2d,  m.  1st,  Mehitable  Porter,  dau. 
of  Dea.  Experience,  April  30,  1741;  she  d-  March  25,  1742;  m.  2d,  Abi- 
gail Crane,  dau.  of  John,  Feb.  2d,  1743-4;  she  d.  Aug.  '9,  1750;  m.  3d, 
Elizabeth  Turner,  dau.  of  Phillip,  Jan.  9,  1751-2.  Chil.  by  1st  wife: 
i:;z;j3me)iCf,  b.  March  5,  1741-2,  d.  Feb.  17,  1746-7.  Chil.  by  2d  wife: 
Abigail,  b.  Nov. •§,  1744.  m.  Nathan  Palmer,  and  had  family;  Mehitable, 
b.  Jan.  7,  1745-6,  m.  Thomas  Swift,  jr.,  and  had  large  family  ;  Thomas, 
1st,  b.  May  24, 1748,  d.  March  15,  1749;  (11)  Thomas,  2d,  b.  July  27, 
1750.     Chil.  by  3d  wife :    (12)  Solomon,  b.  Sept.  13,  1752;  Mary,  b.  Oct. 

28,  1754,  m.  Asa  Bennett ;  Experience,  2d,  a  son,  h.  Dec.  2,  1756,  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  d.  at  Stamford,  Oct.  23,  1776  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, b.  Dec.  2,  1758,  d.,  aged  78,  unm. ;  (13)  Philiip,  b.Nov.  29, 1760 ; 
(14)  Eleazer  ,  b.  Sept.  4,  1763 ;  Lydia,  b.  Aug.  10,  1765,  m.  Joseph 
Southworth  ;  Lemuel^  b.  June  2,  1769,  m.  Hannah  Moore  Storrs,  eldest 
dau.  of  Rev.  John,  by  his  first  wife,  he  d.  Nov.,  1852,  and  his  wid.  m. 
Jeptha  Fitch,  of  Mansfield,  1830.  Chil,  by  1st  wife  :  Sophronia,  m.  H. 
Uollister,  Harriet,  m.  Alpheus  Marcy,  Sally,  m.  Charles  Gouge,  Storrs , 
fo.  Oct.  5,  1802,  ra. ,  1829,  (had  Emily,  b.  1830,  m.  Prof.  Bar- 
rett, Lemuel  Fitch,  b.  1832,  d.  1851),  Hannah,  b.  1;807,  d.  1830;  CaM 
Turner,  b.  Jan.  25,  1772,  ra.  Lucy  Turner,  March  29,  1798,  and  removed 
to  western  New  York  where  he  d.,  they  had  Luc}^,  b.  Nov.  18,1799,  Ca- 
leb Turner,  b.  March  28, 1802,  d.  1816,  Lucy,  b.  1804,  Otis,  b.  1807,  Jarvis, 
h.  1810,  Eliza,  d.,  Palmer,  b.  1816. 

6.  Eliska  Barrows,  m.  Hannah  Mayo,  dau.  of  John,  Nov.  20,  1752. 
Chil.:  5e^;,ta,  b.  Oct.  29,  1753,  d.  May  30,  1761;  Wathan,h.  March  14, 
1755,  drowned  July  10,  1773;  John,  b.  June  18,1757,  d.  at  Stamford,  Oct. 
22,  1776;  (15)  Elisha,  b.  Feb.  19,  1761;  Beihia,  b.  May  4,  1764;  (16) 
■Samuel,  b.  Aug.  5,  1768. 

7.  JabezBarrows,  jr.,  lived  on"  Chestnut  Hill,"  La  Mansfield.  He  m. 
Martha  Stow,  July  28,  1763;  she  d.  Oct.  12,  1825,  aged  82;  he  d.  pre- 
viously, but  date  of  death  not  found.  Chil. :  Rhoda,  h.  March  12,  1764, 
m.  William  Cummings  ;  (17)  William,  b.  April  17,  1765  ;  Asahel,  h.   Dec. 

29,  1766,  d.  April  27,  1772;  (18)  Aaron,  b.  Dec.  15,  1769  ;  Martha,  h. 
July  14,  1773,  m.  Jcseph  H.  Brown  ;  Jabez,  b.  July  28,  1776,  m.  Abigail 
Palmer,  he  d.,  his  wid.  is  still  living.  They  had  Abigail,  who  is  living, 
•and  Amasa  Palmer,  who  m.  Maria  Williams,  dau.  of  Elisha,  of  Williman- 
tic.     He  d.  a  few  years  since,  leaving  a  son  Everett,  she  is  living. 

8.  Capt.  Robert  Barrows  lived  on  "  Spring  Hill,"  in  Mansfield.  His 
«on,  the  late  Dan  Barrows,  lived  on  the  homestead.  He  m.  Joanna  Porter, 
dau.  of  Experience,  jr.,  April  4,  1765  ;    she  d.  Jan.  28,  1822;  he  d.  July 


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6,  1820,  Their  oliil.  were  :  a  dau.,  h.  ]May  11,  176G,  d.  next  day  ;  Elijah 
Porter,  b.  Feb.  3,  17G8.  He  settled  in  TSaltimore,  Md.,  engaged  in  the 
provision  business,  and  was  quite  successful.  His  partner  was  killed  in 
the  attack  by  the  British  on  Baltimore  in  1S14.  lie  was  for  several  years 
City  Inspector  of  provisiops,an(.l  liis  brand  came  to  be  regarded  as  sufficient 
proof  of  the  excellence  of  an  article.  lie  d.  about  185"),  leaving  the  bulk 
of  his  property  to  his  neplievv  and  fojter-son,  Prof.  Elijah  Porter  Barrows, 
of  Andover,  Mass.;  Joanna,  h.  June  11,  1770,  m.  Nathan  Palmer,  jr.; 
(19)  Rohert,h.  Dec.  8, 1772  ;  (20)  Na/ Jin  a, h.A\sr\]  14,1775  ;  Abigail,  b.  July 
21,  1777,  m.  David  Porter,  no  issue  :  (21)  I)aa,  b.  June  29,  1780;  31ari/, 
b.  May  7,  1783,  ra.  Stedman  "Wiight;  Tddinda,  b.  June  7,  1787,  ni.  Oli- 
ver Stearns,  Uis  2d  wife.  « 

9.  Isaac  Bar  rows  was  a  farmer  and  lived,  says  an  informant,  about  a 
mile  and  a  half  north-west  of  the  '•  Four  Corners,"  in  Mansfield.  He  m. 
Rebecca  Turner,  dau.  of  John,  July  13,  17(14  ;  Le  d.  aged  about  95.  Chil.: 
Roger,  b.  Jan.  5,  17G5,  was  a  miller,  went  to  Vermont,  butreturn,ed,  lived 
In  Asliford  and  Willington,  was  twice  m.,  and  liad  family,  but  we  have 
no  records;  Jjhn,  b.  Aug.  30,  1707^  settled  in  New  York  State;  Jesse,  h. 

Oct.  2S,  1770,  d.  y. ;  Stjhil,  b.  April  5,  1773, ,d.  y.;  Jnlez,  b.  July  14, 1775, 
probably  d.  y. ;  Si/hil,  2d,  b.  April  2G,  1778;  Jesse,  2d,  b.  Oct.  24, 1780,  m. 
and  had  famil}';,  lived  in  North  Mansfield.  [A  Jesse  Barrows,  by  wife 
Almira,  had  Harriet  Jane,  b.  Jan.  29,  1824,  and  George  Franklin,  b. 
March  18,   1826,  but  wlietur  the  above  or  Jesse  son  of  Solomon,  or  some 

other  Jesse,  we  know  not.] ;  Juliana,  b.  Feb.  11,  1783,  probably  m, 

Hopkins  ;  Lucinda,  b.  Dec.  28,  1785,  d.  unm. ;  (22)  Sleohen,  b.  Nov.  24, 
1789;    Py%,  b.  April  26,  1792,  lives  in  Jewett  C  ity. 

10.  David  Barrows  lived  in  various  places,  but  we  understand  d.  in 
Vermont.  He  m.  1st,  Mary  Walker,  Nov.  26, 1778;  she  d.  ;  m.  2d,  Ra- 
chel Parker,  -Tune  10,  178G.  Chil.  by  1st  wife ;  Alfred,  b.  Sept.  8,  1779  ; 
David,  h.  June  15, 1781;  Mari/,  b.  in  Coventry,  May  15,  1783;  Origin, 
h.  in  Willington, Feb.  3.1785.  Chil.  by  2d  wife :  CharhUe,h.  in  Ashford,Dec- 
30,  1786 ;  Radiel,  b.  July  17, 1788 ;  Frederick,  b.  April  25, 1790  ;  Rorjal,  b- 
in  Epson^  April  5,  1792  ;  AsaM,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  Oct.  9,  1794  ;  Eher, 
b.  at  Thetford,  Nov.  3,  1796  ;  Clarissa,  b.  in  Thetford,  Sept.  17,  1798  • 
Sarah,  b.  at  Ilenniker,  Dec.  3.,  1801 ;  Jasper,  b.  at  Heuniker,  Dec.  3,  1803  ; 
James  l\irker,  b.  in  Mansfleld,  Jan.  17,  1807. 

11.  Thomas  Barrows.  We  have  few  particulars  of  this  Thomas  Bar- 
rows. An  informant  thinks  he  d.  with  his  son  Samuel  S.,  in  Vermont. 
He  m.  Martha  Hall,  May  9,  177G.  Chil. :  Ru-tli,  b.  Dec.  31,  177C  ;  yf6?- 
9'ai/,  b.  April  8,  1779;  AndreiL;h.  Dec.  31,  1780,  m. Cummings,  re- 
moved to  the  State  of  New  York,  where  he  was^iving  in  18G3  ;  Samtiel 
Storrs,  b.  Aug.2,  178-3,  went  to  Vermont;  Shepard,h.  Aug.  14,  1786,  m, 

Storrs,  lives  in  Sherburne,  N.  Y. ;  Silas,  b.  Nov.  25,  1787 ;  Martha^ 

>.  May  15,  1790  ;  Thomas,  b.  March  28,  1792;  Patfr/,  b.  Jan.  8,  1795. 


GENEALOGY.  i^ 

12.  Solomon  Barrows,  of  Mansfield,  m.  1st,  Lydia  Babcock,  of  Ston- 
■nington,  dau.  of  James,  Nov.  24,  1774;  she  d.  Oct.  22,  1780;  m.  2d,  wid. 
P  rudence  Moulton,  of  Windham,  April  4, 1787.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Aar&n, 
b.  Sept.  28,  1775  ;  Experience,  son,  b.  Oct.  4,  1777  ;  Jesse,  b.  Sept.  21, 
1779,  m.  "Wealthy  Hai-ris,  April  5,  1807,  and  had  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  3il, 
1808 ;  Am,  b.  April  26,  1782 ;  L>/dia,  b.  July  15,  1784.  Chil.  by  2d  wife : 
Nathaniel  Wales,  b.  June  IG.  1788,  m.  Mary  Bennett,  Feb.  2,  1817,  and 
'had  Blake  Wales,  b.  Nov.  20,  1817  ;  Orrin,  b.  Oct.  5,  1790,  m.  Sarah 
'Hartshorn,  of  Franklin,  Oct.  5,  1815,  had  Orrin  Lanman,  b.  July  31,  1817, 
and  emigrated  to  Ohio;  Elizabeth,  b.  July  27,  1792. 

13.  Phillip  Barrows  lived  on  his  father's  homestead,  which  was  near 
Chestnut  Hill,. in  Mansfield.  He  m.  wid.  Sarah -^isk,  dau.  of  Joshua  Par- 
-ker,  March  29,  1787;  he  d.  Aug.  16,  1809,  aged  49;  she  d.  Nov.  29,  1835, 
aged  72.  [By  her  1st  husband,  Steplien  Fisk  of  Stafford,  she  hadonedau. 
Philomela,  who  m.  Nathan  Ilall  and  had  12  chil,  a  number  of  which, 
among  them  Mr.  GardKcr  Hall,  Superintendent  of  the  Thread  Mill,  re- 
side in  Williraantic.J  Chil. :  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  29,  1788^  m.  Ira  Bennett,  of 
Mansfield,  is  living,  has  been  an  invalid  50  years  ;  (23)  Phillip,  b.  June 
2,  1792  ;  Harmony,  b.  June  6, 1794,  d.  Feb.  26, 1796 ;  (24)  Phares,  b.  May 
20,  1797;  Stephen  Fisk,  (Dea.)  b.  Jan.  21^1799, went  toMiadIebury,Vt.,  m. 
there  Loray  Stowell,  Jan.  22, 1824,removed  to  Groton,  N.  Y.,had  famih',d. 
there  Dec.  31,  1854,  aged  56  ;  Amasa-,,  (Dea.)  b.  Nov.  25, 1800,  ra.  Wealthy 
Coleman,  of  Coventry,  Oct.  20,  1823,  has  a  family  and  lives  in  Groton, 
N,  Y. ;  Celia,  b.  Oct.  23,  1803,  m.  Asa  Lyon,  of  Abington,  Conn.,  Jan.  25, 
1825,  had  chil.,  d.  in  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Aug.  26,  1839,  aged  35,  ho  d. 
in  Maysville,  Ky.,  Aug.  26,  1847,  aged  45  ;  Thomas  Adams,  b.  Sept.  23, 
1805,  m.  Olive  R.  White,  of  Coventry,  Ct,  'Oct.  4,  1827,  and  had  Char- 
lotte, b.  Feb.  3,  1830,  and  Louisa,  b.  Aug.  29,  1831,  both  d.,  he  d.  Ja^i. 
17,  1834,  aged  29,  she  m.  2d,  Freeman   Rindge,  and  d.  in   Homer,   N.  Y., 

Dec.  17,  1859,  aged  51. 

14.  Eleazkr  Barrows,  removed  to  ^liddlebur}-,  Yt.,  after  the  birth  of 
his  chil.  recorded  below.  One  of  his  sons  was  a  clergynaan.  He  m.  Mary 
Hall,  April  1,  1781.  Chil.:  Elea~er,h.  Jan.  18,1790;  Adna,  b.  Sept. 
13,  1791  ;  Lucius,  b.    June  14,  1793, 

15.  Elisha  Barrows,  jr.,  m.  Mary  Hall,  dau.  of  Barnabas,  May  23, 
1782;  she  d.  Jan.  23,  1809;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Walker,  Dec.  24,  1809.  Chjl,. 
by  2d  wife:  Austin  .§.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1810;  Bushrod  Washington,  b.  Juue  14, 
1812;  Mary  Hall,  b.  April  10,  1814;  Almira,  b.  July  21,  1810,  A.  Apri,! 
4,  1819;  Almira,  2d,  b.  Nov.  17,  1818,  m.  Origin  Hall. 

10.  Samuel  Barrows  m.  Sally  Slate,  dau.  of  Ezekiel,  April  2,  1789,  and 
had  chil. :  Nathan,  b.  Oct.  26,  1790;  John,  b.  Dec.  5,  17S2,  d.  April  5, 
1796  ;  (32)  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  17,  1795;  Sdlli/,  b.  Aug.  25.,  1797,  m,  Ebenezer 
Bennett;  Mar)/,  b.  Jan.  21,  1803,  m.  1st,  David  Babcock,  m.  2d,  Justin 
Edgerton,  both  of  Coventry,  had  chil.,  is  living  a  wid. ;  James  Madison,  h. 
Oct.  19, 1809. 


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HISTORY   OF   ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 


17.  "William  Barrows,  of  South  Mansfield,  m.  Elizabeth  Jacobs,  dau. 
of  Samuel,  May  12,  1791  ;  he  d.  Feb.,  1814  ;  she  d.  about  1844.  Chil. : 
Hannah^  b.  Feb.  19,  1792,  ra.  Jabez  Brown,  his  2d  wife,  no  issue,  resides 
in  Verona,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  Epaphras,  b.  July  3,  1795,  was  a  physi- 
cian, resided  in  Alabama  for  a  time,  was  last  heard  of  in  Texas ;  Martha^ 
b.  Aug.  24,  1797,  m.  Apollos  Perkins,  had  family,  is  living  a  widow;  Har- 
riet, b.  May  2,  1800,  d.  y. ;  Elizabeth,  b.  April,  1802,  m.  Ralph  Williams, 
resides  in  Willimantic,  has  family;  (25)  William,  b.  March  2,  1804;. 
(26)  Jabez,  b.  March  28,  1800  ;  Rhoda,  b.  Aug.,  1808,  m.  Bradley  Braman, 
had  family,  d.  in  New  York  State  ;  Mary  Ann,  b.  March,  1811,  m.  Nel- 
son Clark,  resided  in   1860  at  Crowningsport,  Potter  Co.,  Penn. 

18.  Aaron  Barrows,  of  South  Mansfield,  m.  Mary  Jacobs,  dau.  of 
Capt.  Samuel,  Nov.  13,  1792.  Chil. :  Qiarles,  b.  Sept.Jll,  1793,  is  a  suc- 
cessful physician  and  surgeon,  received  an  honorary  degree  from  Geneva 
College,  resides  in  Clinton,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  he  m.  Abigail  Palmer,  dau. 
of  Nathan,  who  d.  Aug,  15,  1861,  and  had  Frederick,  is  m.,  is  a  physician 
and  practices  with  his  father,  Mary  Ann,  m.,  d.  at  Chicago  about  1857, 
Austin,  is  a  physician,  m.  and  settled  in  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Heman  d. 
Dec.  22,  1862,  aged  about  30,  Louisa,  unm.,  lives  with  her  father;  (27) 
Gicrdon,  b.  Feb.  26,  1796 ;  Maria,  b.  April  17,  1798,  m.  Park  A.  Bill,  both 
living  at  Saquoit,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  no  issue  ;  Almira,  twin  of  Maria,  b. 
April  17,  1798,  m.  1st,  Stanton  Babcock,  and  had  by  her  one  dau.,  Maria, 
now  the  wid.  of  John  Perkins,  who  resides  in  Willimantic,  m.  2d,  Amos 
Crippin,  Esq.,  and  had  7  chil.,  the  eldest,  Gurdon  B.,  is  a  Methodist  min- 
ister. Amos  Crippin  and  Almira,  his  wife,  both  d.  in  Albany  [in  1847  j 
Amanda,  b.  Sept.  5,  1804,  d.  1806 ;  Ueman  Austin,  b.  Aug.  3,1810,m.  Eliz- 
abeth Wolf,  of  Philadelphia,  had  one  son  who  d.  aged  about  20,  and  4 
daus.,  who,  with  his  wid.,  now  live  in  Muscatine  City,  Iowa.  He  d.  at 
Saquoit,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  23,  1848. 

19.  Robert  Barrows,  jr.,  m.  Clara  Wright,  Nov.  28,  1799.  Chil.: 
Selina,  b.  Sept.  23,  1800,  m.  Burnham  Hebard,  removed  to  Utica, 
N.  Y.,  had  family  ;  Fhila  Palmer,  b.  Nov.  11,  1801,  m.  Uriah  B.  Gur- 
l«y,  settled  in  Deansville,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  d.  Aug.  5,  1863,  leaving 
family  ;  Manj,  b.  Aug.  30, 1803,  m., settled  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.;  Joseph  Marshy 
(Col.)b.  Nov.  30,  1805,  m.  Lucia  Hinckley,  settled  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  where 
they  both  d.,  leaving  4  chil.,  Robert,  Henry,  Lucia  and  Ellen  ;  (28)  Ek- 
perience  Storrs,  b.  Jan.  22,  1807  ;  Abigail  Porter,  b.  Nov.  26,  1809,  m.  J. 
Leonard  Booth,  of  East  Windsor,  Nov.  6, 1830,  settled  in  Mexico,  N.  Y., 
where  they  are  now  living,  and  have  family ;  (29)  Robert  Austin, 
b.  Jan.  19,  1812;  Eleazer  Wright,  b,  June  11,  1813,  resides  in  Paw- 
tucket,  R,  I.,  and  does  business  as  a  wholesale  merchant  in  Provi- 
dence. He  m.  Rebecca  Arnold,  and  has  one  dau.  Clara  W.,  who  is  the 
wife  of  James  Bullard;  (30)  Fai/ette,  b.  Jan.  23,  1816;  Clarissa,  b.  Not. 
29, 1818,  d.  March  24,  1840. 


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20.  Nathan  Barrows,  of  "Spring  Hill,"  in  Mansfield,  m.  Sopliia  Hanks, 
Nov.  26,  1801 ;  be  d.  a  number  of  years  since  ;  sbe  d.  March,  1801.  She 
was  an  excellent  woman,  of  superior  mental  and  moral  endowments. 
Chil. :  Julia,  b.  June  19,  1802,  m.  Rev.  Sylvester  BarroM^s,  of  Brooklyn; 
Caroline,  b.  Sept.  23,  1803,  living  in  Andover,  Mass.,  unm.;  (31)  Elijah 
Porter  (Prof),  b.  Jan.  5,  1805;  Joanna,  b.  April  22,  1806,  m.  Samuel  A. 
Lincoln,  of  North  Windham,  and  has  family;  Sophia  Malvina,  b.  Sept.  13, 
1808,  d.  y. 

21.  Dan  Barrows  lived  on  the  homestead  at  Spring  Hill,  Mansfield, 
and  was  a  farmer.  He  was  a  man  of  sterling  qualities,  highly  esteemed 
and  respected  in  all  the  relations  of  life,  ol  high-toned  moral  and  religious 
qualities,  and  especially  honored  and  beloved  by  his  family.  Hera.  1st, 
Abigail  Freeman,  dau.  of  Frederick,  Esq.,  Feb.  8,  1807  ;    she  d.   Oct.  22, 

1853  ;  m.  2d, ,  wid.  of  the  late  Roger  Southworth  ;  he  d.  Feb.  11, 1863, 

aged  82  ;  she  is  living.  Chil. :  child,  d.  in  infancy  ;  Solomon  Sajford,  b. 
Oct.  12,  1809,  m.  1st,  Lydia  B.  Hyde,  who  d.  Feb.,  1853,  m.  2d,  Abby 
Jackson,  of  Norwich,  Sept.  12,  1853,  had  four  chil.  by  1st  wife,  all  d.  in 
infancy,  is  a  clerk,  resides  in  Norwich ;  Samuel  Freeman,  b.  Aug.  10, 
1811,  m.  Eliza  Maria  Copeland,  Jan.  2,1837,  has  had  chil. :  Daniel  Copeland, 
d.,  Cornelia  Maria,  Helen  Eliza,  Freeman  D.  He  is  engaged  as  bookkeeper 
at  the  West  Point  Foundery  at  Cold  Spring,  N.  Y.,  where  the  celebrated 
Parrott  guns  are  manufactured ;  Lucius  Barrows,  b.  March  3,  1813,  m. 
Mary  Dunlap,  of  Cedarville,  N.  J.,  July,  1847,  and  has  had  chil. :  Fred- 
erick Freeman,  d.,  William,  d.,  Mary  Porter,  Franklin  Fisk,[d.  He  is  Princi- 
pal of  Rittenhouse  Academy  Philadelphia.  We  are  much  indebted  to  him 
for  information  in  regard  to  the  Barrows  family,  in  the  genealogy  of  which 
he  is  much  interested  ;  Robert  Porter,  b.  April  5,  1815,resides  in  South 
Mansfield,is  a  teacher  and  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church,  m.  Eliza- 
beth Maria  Arnold,  dau.  of  Capt.  Charles,  of  Mansfield,  and  has  Arthur 
Arnold,!  ^^^^^  ^^  1865,  Yale  College,  Catharine  Amelia,  Elizabeth  Porter  ; 
OUve,h.  Jan.  24,  1817,  m.  Stedman  W.  Storrs,  of  Mansfield,  Nov.  24, 1836 
has  chil. :  Clarissa  M.,  Ellen  H.,  Walter  S.,  Edwin,  resides  in  Fall  River, 
Mass. ;  Melenda,  b.  Nov.  28,  1818,  m.  Eleazer  M.  Cushman  Nov.  19,1844, 
she  d.  July  25, 1863,  at  Willimantic,  leaving  chil. :  Mary  E.,  and  Fred- 
erick D.  He  has  been  engaged  in  teaching,  was  seven  years  Principal  of 
the  Providence  Reform  School,  is  now  (1864)  a  clerk  in  the  Treasury  De- 
partment, Washington ;  Frederick  Freeman,  b.  Sept.  4,  1821,  m.  Harriet 
HarriSj'dau.  of  Martin,  of  Willimantic,  and  has  had  chil. :  Maria,  Harriet 
F.,  Frederick,  Frank,  d.,  Edward  H.,  d.  Clayton,  d.,  Benjamin.  He  resides 
in  Hartford,  is  a  teacher,  was  engaged  several  years  in  the  2d  District 
Willimantic,  has  been  for  thirteen  years  Principal  of  the^Center  School  in 
Hartford,  and  is  deacon  of  the  4th  Congregational  church  in  that  city ; 
Cynthia,  b.  May  16,  1823,  m.  1st,  Doct.  William  Witter,  of  Willimantic, 
his  2d  wife,  no  chil.,  he  d.  April  9, 1851,  m.  2d,  Rev.  Samuel  G.  Willard, 


80  HISTORY    OV    ANCIENT    WINDHAM'. 

of  "Willimantic,  March  20,  1854,  his  2d  wife,  and  has  chil.:  Samilel  Por- 
ter, Abby  Gregory  and  Mary  ;  Dan  Williaius,h.  Aug.  17, 1825,  m.  Augusta- 
Reed,  of  South  AVeymouth,  June,  1850,  and  has  had  chil.:  Abbie^  Freder- 
ick, d.,  JohnJRead,  Dan  Rorter,  resides  in  South  Weymouth,  Mass. ;  Ab- 
igail G.,  b.  May  12,  1831',  m.  James  Barrows,  of  Mansfield,  Nov.  29, 1855, 
d.  Oct.  25,1858,  no  chil. 

22.  Stephen  Barrows  has  lived  many  years  in  Jewett  City,  Ct.  He 
m.  1st,  Phebe  Ifolt  ;  she  d. ;  m.  a  second  wife.  Chil.  by  1st  wife,  b.  in 
Mansfield  :  William  Norton^  b.  Dec.  19,  181-9  ;  Rufu\i  Clark,  b.  May  7, 
1822  ;  Charles  Holt,  b.  Sept.  15,  1827. 

23.  Phillip  Barrows  resides  in  South  Mansfield,  was  formerly  engaged 
in  trade  and  business  there.  Hem.  Sophia  Stowell,  Nov.  11, 1813.  Chil,  • 
Delia,h.  Sept.  13, 1814,  m.  John  Tracy,has  a  farQily,resides  in  Willimantic  ; 
Sallij  Maria,  b.  Nov.  4,  1816,  d.  unra. ;  Elizabeth  SojAia,  b.  Dec.  12,  1818, 
m.  Ansel  Arnold,  resides  in  Somersville,  Ct. ;  Theodore  Austin,  b.  Dec,  10, 
1821,  d.  y. 

24.  Phares  Barrows  resides  in  South  Mansfield;     He  m.  1st,  Alma- 
Parrrott,  of  Pomfret,  May  20,  1820 ;  she  d.  April  21,  1851,  agted  51 ;  m.  2d,- 
Sarah  D.   Armstrong,  of  Windham,  April  20,    1852 ;  she   d.    March  IG, 
1861,  aged  55.     Chil.  by  1st  wife  :    Edwin  Augustus,   b.   March  28,^821, 
m.  1st,  Anna  J.  Hanks,  Feb.  19,1845,she  d.  Jan.  18,1850,aged  27,  m.  2d,Em- 
ily  Ashley,  of  Chaplm,  May  21, 1851,  and  had  by  2d  wife,  Daniel  Cliflbrd,  b.- 
April  10,  1853,  Edwin  and   Emily,  twins,  b.   Dec.  IS,  1857,  d.  same  day, 
Anna  Maria,  b.  Dec.  23,  1858 ;  Harriet  Sophia,  b.  -Jan.  7,  1823,  m.  Joseph 
B.  Spencer,  of  South  Windham,   March  27,   1819,  and  has   chil.:  Alma 
Parrott  and  Clara  Williams  ;  Elizabeth  Gyles,  b.  May  5,  1824,  ro.  Nathan 
Griggs,  of  Chaphn,  .June  26,  1851,   he  d.   Sept.   22,  1862,  has  two  chil. 
Mary   Elizabeth  and  Phares  Barrows;  iSaraAiiicijicZa,  b.  July   10,1829, 
m.  David  A.  Griggs,  of  Cbaplia,  Feb.  1,  1855  ;  Mary  Aelaliza,  b.  May  12, 
1832,  m.  Milo  SI.  Hibbard,  .of  East  Homer,   N.  Y.,  has   a  dau.   Delia 
Maria;    Iklia  Maria,  b.  Sept.  5, 1836,  m-.  Dea.  Waldo  Bass,  of  Scotland, 
Nov.  18,  1857. 

25.  William  Barrows  formerl}'-  of  Mansfield,  now  a  resident  of  Willi- 
mantic, m-  Betsey  Williams,  of  Groton,  May  11, 1823.  Chil. :  Julia  Ann, 
b.  April  25,  1824,  m.  John  Atwood,  of  Mansfield,  now  of  Willimantic, 
Get.  11,  1840,  and  has  had  12  chil.,  as  follows  :  a  son,  b.  Nov.  26,  1841, 
d.  same  day,  Juha  Estella,  b.  April  21,  1843,  d.  Sept.  29,  1844.  Ruth  Ann 
Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  6,  1844,  John  Randolph,  b.  Sept,  1,  1846,  a  son,  b. 
Feb.  17,  1848,  d.  Feb.  21,  1848,  William  Barrows,  b,  Aug.  18,1849,  d. 
Sept.  26,  1857,  a  son,  b.  Sept.  16^  1851,  d.  same  day,  Dwight  Mini,  b. 
Aaig.  22,  1852,  d,  Dec.  23,  T857,  Charles  Sawyer,  b,  July  13,  1854,  Ber- 
thia  Maria,  b.  July  6^  1856,  d.  Sept,  2,  1857,  a  son,  b.  Jan.  17,  1861,  d. 
same  day.  Bessie  Adalaide,  b.  April  6,  1862.  [The  above  record  belongs 
aaore  properly  with  the  Atwood  family,  but  as  we  did  not  obtain  it  until 


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that  was  printed  we  insert  it  liere.J  William  X);';?;;/^/,  b.  April  28,  l!826,' 
resides  in  Willimantic,  is  a  mason  by  trade,  bas  recently  been  somewhat 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  m.  Sarah  Jane  Seagrave,  of  Coventry, 
Feb.  6,  1854,  and  has  chil.:  Ai'thur  Dwight,  b.  Jan.  9,  1855,  Emma  Car- 
oline, b.  Dec.  11,1857;  Mary  Jane,h.  June  4,  1829  m.  Asa  W.  Whitney,  oi 
Stafford,  Feb.  3,  1848,  he  went  to  California  some  years  since,  is  now  a 
volunteer  in  the  4th  Regt.  Cal.  Vols.,  and  is  stationed  in  New  Mexico, 
she  resides  in  Willimantic  and  has  had  chil. :  William  Henry,  b.  Dec.  11, 
1;848,  d.  March  10,  1849,  George  Waters,  b.  Dec.  11,  1850;  Maria  Betsey, 
lol  April  16,  1836,  m.  Charles  Clinton  Tobey,  of  Monson,- Mass.,  June  3, 
1858,  who  is  a  tanner  and  currier  there,  has  chil. :  Henry  Clinton,  b. 
April  23,  1859,  Herbert  Emerson,  b.  Dec.  31,  1862;  Charles  Henry,  h. 
Feb.  25,  1841,  m.  Mary  Jane  Iveigwin,  of  Franklin,  Ct.,  March  4,  1860, 
h6  is  now  at  the  new  settlement  at  Vineland,  N.  J.,  wife  in  WiUimantic. 

26.  <!^ABEz  Barrows  has  resided  in  Mansfield,  Willimantic  and  Tol- 
land, and  now  lives  at  Liberty  Ilill  in  Lebanon.  He  m.  1st,  Emeline  J. 
Clark,  dau.  of  Isaac,  March  3,  1825  ;  she  d.  June  16,  1860,  aged  53  ;  m. 
2d,  wid.  Floretta  Truesdell,  March  29,  1861,  from'  whom  he  was  divorced 
Jan.  13,  1863;  m.  3d,  wid.  Sophrouia  E.  Sweatland,  of  Coventry,  1863. 
Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  a  dau.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1825,  d.  March  11,  1826  ;  a  son,  b. 
Get.  la,  1827,  d.  Oct.  18,  1827  ;  Isaac  Clark,  b.  Dec.  7,  1830,  enlisted  in 
a  Connecticut  Regiment,  Aug.,  1862, \was  in  the  battles  of  Antietam, 
Chancel lorstille  and  Gettysbui'g,  has  received  seven  wounds,  the  last  at 
Gettysburg,  July  3,  1863,  being  very  severe,  which  has  probabl)'  crippled 
him  for  life.  He  is  now  in  the  hospital  at  New  Haven.  He  m.  Aurelia 
C.  Parsons,  of  Hartford,  Sept.  12,  1850,  and  has  chil.:  Charles  S.,  b.  Oct., 
1852,  and  Frank,  b.  Aug.,  1862;  Austania,  b.  Feb.  21,  1833,  d.  Feb.  21, 
1839  ;  Henry  Jude,  b.  April  19,  1836,  enlisted  in  a '  Connecticut  Regi- 
ment, June,  1861,  is  forage  master,  first  division,  first  brigade,  12th 
Army  Corps,  has  re-enlisted  for  three  years;  George  Brmcn,  b.  May  11, 
1839,  was  drowned  July  8,  1846  ;  Mary  Aim  EMzaheih,  b.  March  25,  1843, 
m.  Frank  Jacobs,  resides  in  Willimantic. 

27.  GuRDON  Barrows  removed  from  Mansfield  to  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  in  the  mercantile  business  for  a  number  of  years,  was  elect- 
ed lieutenant  colonel  of  the  7th  regiment  New  York  militia,  removed  to 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  where  he  kept  a  hotel  eleven  years,  was  postmaster  un- 
der Harrison  and  Tyler,  now  lives  in  the  valley  of  the  Mississippi,  twelve 
miles  east  of  the  river,  at  the  county  seat  of  Whiteside  county,  111.  He 
m.  1st,  Nancy  Babcock,  dau.  of  Simon,  of  Columbia;  she  d.  April  16, 
1835,  aged  49  ;  m.  2d,  Mary  Jane  Lansing,  of  Decatur,  N.  Y. ;  she  d.  June 
18,  1836,  aged  33  ;  m.  3d,  Sabrina  Whipple,  dau.  of  Samuel,  of  Ashford, 
and  sister  of  Mrs.  S.  H.  Kimbel,  of  WiUimantic.  C  hil.  by  1st  wife:  Lo- 
renzo P.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1819,  m.  Sarah  Jane  Case,  Jan.  22, 1845,  is  a  physi- 
cian, settled  in  Guilderland,  Albany  Co.,  N.  Y.,  has  two  sons  :  Clarence, 

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jJl  HISTORY   OF   ANCIENT    WINftHAM. 

b.  Marcli  5,  1821,  m.  Margaret  McDougal,  who  d.  April  15,  1852,  leaving 
two  sons,  one  of  them,  Clarence,  is  in  the  army;  Selina,  b.  Jan.  29,  1823, 
m.  Dr.  Allen  Woodburn,  of  Cherry  Valley,  and  has  two  chil.;  Mary  Ma- 
ria, b.  Nov.  18,  1824,  m.  Michael  McDonald,  she  d.  in  Schenectady,  May 
17,  1855,  leaving  3  chil. ;  Charles,  b.  Feb.  18,  1826,  m.  Ada  Tuttle,  June 
30,  1852,  is  a  physician,  and  settled  near  the  city  of  Lyons,  Iowa,  no 
chil. ;  Martha  Jane,  b.  Dec.  18,  1828,  m.  William  B.  Dorn,  lives  at  Ma- 
riaville,  Schenectady  Co.,  N.  Y.,  has  3  chil. ;  Julia  Ann,  b.  Nov.  15,  1830, 
m.  Francis  Ogsbury,  April  29, 1854,  who  is  Principal  of  the  Lyons  City, 
Iowa,  Seminary,  2  chil. ;  George  Stanton,  b.  April  26,  1832,  d.  at  Fort  Rip- 
ley, Minn.,  in  the  U.  S.  army,  1856,  unm.;  Adaline,  b.  March  23,  1834 
d.  at  Saquoit,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1856,  unm. 

28.  ExpERiENCK  StoiTrs  Bar-rows  resides  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  is  a 

wholesale  merchant.     He  m.  Maria ,Oct.  23, 1833,  and  has  chil. :  Anna 

Maria,  b.  Aug.  13,  1834;  Mary  Searle,  b.  April  17,  1837  ;  Byron  Clinton, 
b.  March  21,  1839;  Eliza  Jane,  b.  April  14,  1841  ;  Garafelia  Oakes,  b. 
July  U,  I8i- ;  Rosabell  Storrs,  h.  June  U,  1848;  Adelaide,  h.  Oct.  27, 
1851. 

29.  Robert  Austin  Barrows  lives  in  Mansfield  near  Spring  Hill.  He 
m.  Eliza  F.  Ward,  and  has  chil. :  Clarissa,  h.  J a]y  ZO,  1840,  m.  Eleazer 
B.  Crane ;  Emma  Jane,  b.  April  6,  1845  ;  Robert  Marshall,  b.  Sept.  13, 
1847. 

30.  Fayette  Barrows  resides  in  Johnston,  near  Providence,  R.  I.,  and 
is  in  the  milk  business.  He  m.  Sarah  Reynolds,  dau  of  Christopher,  of 
Mansfield,  Sept.  21,  1841.  Chil. :  Rolindo  Vihert,  b.  July  2,  1843,  is  a 
Tolunteer  in  R.  I.  cavalry,  now  a  prisoner  in  Richmond;  Ida  Celestia,  b. 
March  16,  1845  ;  Ozro  Leroy,  b.  Oct.  6,  1846  ;  Clarissa  Huntington,  b. 
June  1,  1849;  Jose2?h  West,  b.  Oct.  13,  1851. 

31.  Prof.  Elijah  Porter  Barrows,  D.  D.,  graduated  at  Yale  College, 
1826.  taught  a  high  school  in  Hartford,  preached  in  New  York  and  else- 
where. Professor  in  Western  Reserve  College,  Ohio,  editor  of  the  West- 
ern Observer,  elected  Professor  of  Sacred  Literature  at  Andover  Theologic- 
al Seminary,  1853,  made  D.  D.  by  Dartmouth,  1858.  He  m.  Maria  Lee 
and  has  had  chil. :  Nathan  is  a  physician  at  Sandwich,  Mass. ;  Fanny  C, 
m.  Rev.  Thomas  Dogget,  of  Groveland,  Mass.,  and  has  3  chil. ;  Sophia  Lee; 
Elijah  Porter,  d.  Dec.  31,  1860;  Allen  C,  is  m.  and  is  a  lieutenant  in  the 
U.  S.  army;  Martha  Bliss,  m.  Charles  H.  Hitchcock,  son  of  the  late  Pres- 
ident Hitchcock,  of  Amherst ;  Charlotte  M. ;  William,  in  the  army ; 
Frank;  Sarah  M. 

32.  Samuel  Barrows,  of  Mansfield,  removed,  some  thirty  years  since, 
to  Willimantic,  and  carried  on  the  butchering  business  in  company  with 
the  late  Jesse  Crane,  of  Mansfield.  He  now  resides  at  Mansfield  Center. 
He  m.  1st,  Lora  Parker,  dau.  of  Reuben,  Dec.  25,  1817  ;  she  d.  June  17, 
1859 ;  m.  2d,  wid.    Eunice  Morey,  Nov.  23,  1862.    Chil.  by  Ist  wife : 


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Rtt^cn  P.,  b.  April  IG,  1819,  m.  Lydia  Edgerton,  dau.  of  Hezekiali,  of 
Coventry,  March  16,  1841,  and  has  chil.:  Monroe  S.,  Lora  Ann  and  Char- 
lotte, resides  in  Mansfield;  Leonard,  b.  Nov.  24,  1821,  m.  Emma  Palmer, 
dau.  of  Abel,  of  Chaplin,  June  6,  1850,  resides  in  Mansfield,  and  has  chil., 
Ellen,  Herbert,  Flora  Bell  and  Martha ;  Martin,  b.  Sept.  26,  1823,  m. 
Louisa  G.  Shepard,  dau.  of  Chester,  of  East  Haddam,  July  1, 1852,  and  has 
chil.,  Samuel  C.  and  Ira,  resides  m  East  Haddam  ;  Albert,  b.  June  27, 
1825,  m.  1st,  Mary  J.  Slate,  dau.  of  Needham,  of  Mansfield,  shed.  Sept.  3, 
1849,  m.  2d,  Angeline  M.  Slate,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  March  24,  1850, 
and  had  chil.  by  1st  wife,  Mary,  and  by  2d  wife,  Gertrude,  d.  aged  8 
years,  Charles,  d.  aged  14  months.  George  and  Fanny,  resides  in  Mans- 
field ;  Henri/  F.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1829,  m.  Mary  Whipple,  dau.  of  Joseph,  of 
Ashford,  and  has  had  chil.,  twins,  one  d.  in  infancy,  the  other,  Arthur,  is 
living,  Frank,  d.  when  about  two  years  old,  and  Charles,  resides  in  Cov- 
entry. 

DESCENDANTS    OF    THOMAS    BARROWS,    THE    MANSFIELD 

SETTLER. 

3.  Thomas  Barrows,  the  first  of  Mansfield,  settled  in  that  town  about 
1720.  His  first  purchase  is  dated  June  20, 1720.  He  was  then  called  "of 
Plymouth,"  "  husbandman,"  and  purchased  100  acres  for  £50. 

He  m.  Esther  Hall,  dau.  of  Isaac,  June  14,  1721  ;  she  d.  March  17, 
1761;  he  d.  Oct.  28,  1776.  Their  chil.  were:  Lemuel  (Capt.),  b.  Aug. 
10,  1722,  (propably  this  one)  m.  Jemima  Eldredge,  dau.  of  Ensign  Elisha, 
Feb.  28,  1744-5.  He  lived,  it  is  said,  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  Ralph 
Storrs,  Esq. ,  no  chil.  recorded ;  (33)  Isaac,  b.  April  1,  1725  ;  John,  Ist, 
b.  July  22,  1727,  d.  Dec.  3,  1733 ;  Gershom,  b.  April  29,  1730,  m.  Eliza- 
beth Fuller,  dau.  of  Daniel,  May  16,  1751,  had  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  14,  1752, 
Sarah,  b.  Nov.  24,  1754,  who  m.  Phillip  Turner,  Phebe,  b.  May  16,  1766 
(perhaps  1756),  and  the  family  removed  to  Brimfield,  Mass. ;  Hannah,  b. 
June  11,  1732,  m.  Richard  White  Hanks,  of  Mansfield  ;  (34)  John,  2d,  b. 
July  13,  1734 ;  Elii^ha,  b.  Dec.  20,  1736,  not  named  in  the  distribution  of 
his  father's  estate,  1777  ;  Esther,  b.  Dec.  16, 1739,  m.  Levi  Bumpas  ;  (35) 
Thomas,  b.  Sept.  20, 1742. 

33.  Capt.  Isaac  Barrows  lived  on  what  is   now  called  the  "Badger 
place,"  near  the  "  City,"  in  Mansfield.     He  m.  Elizabeth  Palmer,  prob- 
ably dau.  of  Stephen,  of  Coventry,  March  8,  1750.     Chil.:  Anne,  b.  Not. 
15,  1751,  d.  Jan.  27,  1751-2;  Lemuel,  b.  Jan.  22,  1753,  d.  Aug.  28, 1768 
Anne,  2d,  b.  May  15,  1755,  m.  Theophilus  Hall ;  Jesse,  b.  Sept.  23,  1757 
(36)  Joshua,  b.  Aug.  6, 1759;  Abraham,  b.  Sept.  27, 1761,  d.  Oct.  1,  1761 
Job,  b.  April  29, 1763,  d.  April  30,  1763  ;  Olive,  b.  May  9,  1764,  m.  John 
Baker,  and  d.  a  wid.  at  her  father's,  Oct.  26,  1805  ;  Elizabeth,h.  Sept.  17, 
1767 ;  Deborah,  h.  Sept.  16,  1769 ;  (37)  Isaac,  b.  June  7,  1772. 

■34.  John  Barrows  m.  Mary  Cross,  dau.  of  Wade,  Sept.  16, 1756  ;  h« 


^i  HISTORY    OF   ANCIENT   WINDKAM. 

d.  probably  about  1775  ;  his  wife  survived  bim.  Chil. :  Jacob,  h.  Sept.  14, 
1757.,  m.  Lydia  Fenton,  dau.  of  Ebenezer,  May  27, 1777;  Elisha,  b.  Aug. 
27,  1759,  not  named  in  distribution  of  estate^  but  as  Esther  is,  perhaps 
this  name  should  be  Esther  ;  (38)  Ethan,  b.  Jan.  18,  1761  ;  Li/dia,  b.,Oct. 
18,  1765,  m.  Zuriel  €ampbell ;  Huldnh,  b.  March  10,  17G9,  not  named  in 
distribution;  Mary,  not  on  record,  but  named  in  distribution  of  estate. 

35.  Thomas  Barrows,  called  Thomas  3d  of  Mansfield,  the  father  of  18 
children,  and  the  worthy  patriarch  of  a  numerous  posterity,  was  a  farmer 
and  lived  in  the  north  part  of  the  town.  He  m.  1st  Eleanor  Cross,  dau. 
of  Wade,  May  17,  1764;  she  d.  1777  ;  m.  2d  Jerusha  Robinson,  Feb.  4, 
1779;  hed.  May  4,  1802.  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  (39)  Elijah,  h.  May  2, 
1765 ;  Jemima,  b.  May  22,  1766,  m.  John  Knowlton,  of  Ashford,  and  had 
chil. :  Achsah,  Jemima,  John  Gordon,  Tamson,  and  Laura ;  Beulah,  b. 
May  4,  1767,  m.  Phillip  Royce,  1787, removed  to  Vermont,  and  had  Jesse, 
Eleanor.  Eastman,  Amasa  and  Maria ;  Amasa,  b.  July  5  or  15,  1768,  d. 
about  1772;  Wade,  h.  Dec.  6,  1769,  d.  about"  1772;  Tavison,  b.  Aug.  15, 
1771,  m.  Isaac  Plumbley,  of  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  1795,  d.  Sept.  25,  1848 » 
in  Ludlow,  Mass.,  had  chil. :  Jemima,  Isaac  Elijah,  Rebecca,  Eleanor,  As- 
senath  and  Sarah  ;  (40)  Luther,  b.  Nov.  13,  1772  ;  Rebecca  and  Gershom, 
twins,  b.  March  7,  1774,  both  d.  y. ;  (41)  Gurdon,  b.  July  1, 1775  ;  (42) 
Thomas,  h.  Sept.  13,  1776 ;  (43)  John,  b.  Nov.  10,  1777.  Chil.  by  2d 
wife :  Jerusha,  b.  Aug.  30,  1780,  m.  James  Dunham,  Sept.  17,  1807,  set- 
tled in  New  York  State,  had  5  chil.,  d.  Feb.  5,  1827;  (44)  Andrew,  b. 
Nov.  4,  1781 ;  Eleanor,  b.  June  10,  1783,  m.  1st  James  Moulton,  m.  2d 
Asa  Barrows,  removed  to  the  West,  had  5  chil.,  d.  Sept.  23,  1863  ;  (45) 
Salmon,  h.  Aug.  3,  1785;  (46)  Jason,  b.  Aug.  16,1787  ;  Salome,  b.  July 
15,  1789,  m.  1st  David  W.  Tiffany,  m.  2d  Jabez  Dunham,  had  one  son, 
Thomas  Fielder,  m.  3d  Daniel  Reade,  m.  4th  John  Maine,  resides  in  Wil- 
lington. 

36.  Joshua  Barrows,  lived  on  Chestnut  Hill,  in  Mansfield.  He  m.  An- 
na|Turner,  of  Coventry,  Sept.  7,  1786.  Chil. :  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  9,  1788,  m. 
Andrew  Campbell ;  (47)  Joshua  Palmer,  b.  April  12,  1794 ;  Nancy,  b. 
Aug.  15,  1796,  m.  Reuben  Robinson,  of  Franklin,  his  3d  wife;  Deborah, 
b.  Jan.  13,  1799,  living  in  Mansfield,  unm.;  Seha,  b.  Oct.  25,  1801,  m.  1st 

Rescom  Cogshall,  m.  2d  William  Osborn,  of  Columbia,  m.  3d Yeo- 

mans,  of  Columbia;  Washinr^ton,  h. 'Ma.rch.  17,  ISO^,  m.  Lora  Ann  Root, 
of  Coventry,  lived  in  Coventry,  was  a  tailor,  d.  a  few  years  since.  He 
had  2  sons,  George,  who  m.  1st  Henrietta  Bowen,  m.  2d  Julia  Skmnor 
resides  in  Rockville,  and  Edward  ;  Maria  Williams,  living  in  Mansfield. 

37.  Isaac  Barrows,  of  South  Mansfield,  m.  Hannah  Lincoln,  dau.  of 
Daniel,  Sept.  30,  1798;  she  d.  about  1845;  he  d.  about  1858.  Chil :  Hen- 
ry, b.  March  23,  1800,  settled  at  Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  m.  Melenda  Breed, 
d.  there  some  years  since,  left  2  daus.  Lemuel,  b.  Dec.  20,  1802,  m.  Nan- 
cy Cogshall,  of  Maiasfield  and  has  one  son,  Rescom,  b.  April  6, 1840,   h« 


^brmerly  lived  in  Willimantic  but  is  now  a  resident  of  Mansfield  ;  George 
£,,  b.  Oct,  31,  1804,  m.  Abigail  Brown,  of  Middletown,  lived  in  Middle- 
town,  d.  there  a  few  years  since,  left  2  chil.;  Harriet,  b.  Nov.  22,  180G, 
/resides  in  Mansfield,  unm. ;  John  Gardiner,  m.  Amelia  S.  Arnold  dau.  of 
Capt.  Charles,  of  Mansfield,  settled  at  Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d. 
a  few  yeiirs  since,  leaving  3  chil.  Ilis  wid.  returned  to  Mansfield  where 
she  is  now  living  ;  Parna,  b.  Julj-^  2G,  1811,  resides  in  Manslisld,  unm. ; 
^ephen  Hotoard,  went  to  Wisconsin. 

38.  Ethan  Barrows,  lived  in  the  north  eastern  part  of  Mansfield. 
Hem.  Dinah  Ilovey,  dau.  of  Jacob,  April  15,  1784 ;  he  d.  July  12, 1809. 
^h\] :  Hnldah,  b.  July  26,  1786,  m.  Samuel  Freeman  ;  Orpah,  h.  Pec. 
27,  J788,  m.  Jonathan  Crane.  Ira,  b.  April  26,  1791,  m.  Clarissa  Utley, 
dau.  of  John,  of  Ashford,  had  family  but  weliave  qo  records  ;  John,  b.  Jan. 
17,  ^800,  m.  Sally  Johnson,  had^hil.,  d.;  Salli/,  b.  July  28,  Z804,  m.  Nelson 
Cooant ;  Marcus,  b.  Sept.  2,  1800,  m.  Maria  Gurley,  lives  at  Gurleyville, 
has  family ;  Lyman,  b.  Jan.  18, 1809,  m.  Laura  Turner,  lives  near  Gur- 
leyville, is  a  farmer,  no  chil. 

39.  Elijah  Barrows,  m.  Belinda  Bragg,  of  Ashford,  I'iV);  he  d.  about 
1840.  Chil.:  Elijah,  b.  April  7,  1792,  m.  Hannah  Squire,  of  Ashford, 
May  27,  1810,  and  had  chil.:  Harlow  Emerson,  b.  Feb.  5,  1811,  Sarah  H., 
b.  Nov.  27,  1812,  Luther,jb.  Dec.  31,  1815,  Paniel  C.  D.,  b.  July,  25,  1817, 
Rufus  W.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1819,  Almira  Ann,  b.  Sept.  30, 1822,  Mary  S.,  b. 
Aug.  11,  1825,  Hannah  M.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1827,  Cordelia  E.,  b.  July  27,  1830, 
Martin  H.,  b.  Deo.  7,  1832. 

40.  Luther  Barrows,  lived  for  a  time , on  .Chestnut  Hill,  in  Mansfield, 
but  removed  first  to  Middlebury,  Vt.,  and  from  thence  to  Canada.  He 
m.  Abigail  Hall,  of  Mansfield,  May  1, 1793,  and  had  the  following  chil. 
recorded  in  Mansfield  :  Zv.ar,  b.  April  11,  1794 ;  Deborah,  b.  May  29,  179G; 
Eleanor,  h.  July  29,  179^  ;  Alma,  b.  Dec.  31,  1801  ;  Mary,  b.  Jan.  31, 
1805  ;  Seleck  Oshorn,  b.  Nov.  8,  180G. 

41.  GuRDON  Barrows,  lived  in  the  North  Parish,  of  Mansfield.  He 
m.  Sophia  Welch,  dau.  of  Rev.  Daniel,  Nov.  29,  1798 :  he  d.  Feb.  14, 
1823  ;  she  d.  Nov.  25, 1837.  Chil.:  Martha,h.  Nov.  8, 1799,  d.  Sept.  8, 1802 ; 
Sophia,  h.  April  27, 1801,  d.  Sept.  25,  1801  ;  (48)  Tho7nas,h.  Sept.  4,  1802, 
Martha  Cook,  b.  Aug.  31,  1804,  m.  Harry  Crane,  of  Mansfield,  and  have 
had  9  children,  6  living  ;  Cook  Welch,  b.  Jan.  23,  1807,  d.  Jan.  18,  1824  ; 
Sophronia,  b.  Feb.  9,  1811,  d.  April  3,  1818 ;  (49)  Charles,  b.  Dec.  19, 
1813. 

42.  Thomas  ^arrows,  m.  Elizabeth  Palmer,  dau.  of  Joseph,  of  Scot- 
land, Dec.  31,  1800  ;  she  d.  Sept.  27,  1824  ;  m.  2d  wid.  Esther  Ingalls,  of 
Pomfret,  dau.  of  Joseph  Palmer,  of  Scotland,  sister  to  1st  wife.  He  d. 
"just  at  sunset  Dec.  31,  1842,  just  42  years  from  the  day  he  was  first 
married,  last  day  of  week,  month  andjyear."'  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  Zenas  Pal- 
mer,   b.  April  20,  1802,  d.  Jan.  21,  1816;  Mason,  b.  Jan.  2,  1804,  d. 


8(J  BISTORT   or   ANCIENT   WINDHAM, 

Sept.  15,  1820;  £m%,  b.  March  22,  1806;  Thomas  Lasell;  b.  April  25, 
1809  ;  ^larren^  b.  March  1,  1811,  d.  Oct.  18, 1817  ;  Harriet  Maria,  b.  Sept. 
27,  1813,  d.  Aug.  5, 1859  ;  Francis  Harvey,  b.  July  17,  1815,  d.  Nov.  28, 
1857.  Chil.  by  2d  wife:  Joseph  Palmer,  h.  April  27,  1847,  m.  Delia  Hall, 
dau.  of  Henry  C,  of  Mansfield,  June  17,  1857,  has  Thomas  Walter,  b. 
Sept.  12,  1859,  and  Arthur  Mansfield,  b. Aug.  17,1862.  He  is  Postmaster 
of  Mansfield  Center,  and  is  the  only  member  of  the  above  family  that 
married. 

43.  John  Barrows,  M*as  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  lived  on  Chestnut  Hill, 
Mansfield.  He  m.  Lucinda  Willis,  dau.  of  William,  Nov.  27,  1800;  he  d. 
July  14,  1855.  Chil.:  (50)  Sylvester,  b.  Nov.  21,  1801;  Myra,  b.  Feb.  18, 
1805,  m.  Hezekiah  Davis,  Sept.  4, 1832,  settled  in  Alton,  111.,  where  h« 
d.  July  14,  1833 ;  LycUa,  b.  Oct.  28,  1807,  m.  Dea.  David  Vinton  of  Wil- 
lington,  June,  1850;  John  Netdon,  b.  March  17,  1810,  resides  on  Spring 
Hill,  has  been  Judge  of  Probate  and  town  clerk  ol  Mansfield.  He  m. 
Sarah  Freeman,  dau.  of  Shubael,  and  has  one  son,  Pitt,  b.  May  24,  1843; 
(51)  William  Willis,  b.  Sept.  2,  1816  ; 

44.  Andrew  Barrows,  resides  in  North  Mansfield,  esteemed  for  his 
industry,  integrity  and  consistent  Christian  character.  Soon  after  his 
father's  death,  he  came  into  possession  of  the  homestead  where  he  has 
mostly  lived.  He  m.  Sarah  Storrs,  dau.  of  Dea.  Royal,  May  12,  1812. 
Chil.:  Andrew  Storrs,  b.  Feb.  17,  1813  resides  in  Hartford.  He  m.  1st 
Caroline  E.  French,  of  Providence,  had  one  child  by  her  which  d.  in  infan- 
cy, she  d.  March  7,  1840,  m.  2d  Elizabeth  P.  Risley,  of  E.  Hartford,  Dec, 
14,  1841,  and  has  had  Charles  A.,  d.  in  infancy,  Charles  Aduey,  Henry 
Otis,Julia  E.,  and  Andrew  Risley ;  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  10,  1815;  Ashbel  Ward, 
(Doctor)  b.  Dec.  3,  1816,  is  a  prominent  physician  and  respected  citizen 
of  Hartford.  He  m.  Anna  Freeman,  dau.  of  Edmund,  Esq.,  of  Mansfieldj 
Sept.  13,1842,  and  has  chil.:  Samuel  Ward  and  Andrew  Otis;  Eunice,  b. 
July  21,  1819,  m.  Rev.  Ama^a  H.  Houghton,  of  Lansing,  Iowa,  Nov.,  1856, 
where  they  reside  and  hav3  one  son,  Amasa  Andrew  ;  Julia,  h.  Jan.  4, 
1822,  d.  Oct.  29,  1844 ;  Lucius  Clark,  b.  Jan.  21,  1824,  resides  in  Mans- 
field, on  the  homestead;  Royal  Robinson,  b.  July  11,  1827,  resides  in  He- 
bron, m.  1st  Susan  A.  Andrew,  dau.  of  George  R.,  and  Olive,  Sept.  12, 
1855,  she  d.  Sept.  19,  1860,  m.  2d  Lydia  Cleveland,  dau.  of  John  C.  and 
Candace,  and  has  son,  Charles  ;  William  Henry,  (Rev.)  b.  Sept.  9,  1830, 
graduated  at  Amherst  College,  1859,  at  East  Windsor  Theological  Semi- 
nary, 1862,is  supplying  1st  Congregational  Church,Blandford,  Mass.;  John 
Otis,  (Rev.)  b.  Aug.  4,  1833,  member  of  Class  of  1860,  Amherst  College, 
graduated  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1863.  Now  supplying  Gon^ 
gregational  church  in  North  Hampton,  N.  H. 

45.  Salmon  Barrows  is  a  tailor  by  trade,  works  at  his  trade  now, 
though  nearly  80,  resides  North  Mansfield,  has  been  Deacon  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  40  years.    He  m.   1st  Joanna  Dimock,  dau.  of  Joseph, 


GF.NEALOGT.  S7 

Oct.  23,  1814  ;  she  d.  Jan.  19,  1825  ;  m.  2d  Sally  Dimock,  dau.  of  Elipha- 
let,  Sept.  21,  1826  ;  she  d.  Oct.  25,  1857.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Joseph 
DmocA-,b.Xov.3,1817,m.Mary  K.Brown, North  Coventry,about  1840,reside8 
in  Eastford,  Ct.,  is  a  tanner  by  trade,  Deacon  of  the  Congregational  church, 
has  represented  that  town  in  the  Legislature  several  times,  has  had  chil.: 
Joseph  A.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1842,  d.  in  infancy,  Clark  E.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1843, 
George  M.,  b.  May  4,  1848,  d.,  Francis  W.,  b.  May  18,  1850,  d.,  Everett 
W.,  b.  July  4,1858,d.  ;  Franklin,\i.  Dec.  7,1819,  unm. ;  Eduin  Southrcorth, 
b.  June  18,  1822,  d.  June  21,  1833.  Chil.  by  2d  wife  :  Sarah  Anna,  b. 
Oct.  4,  1827,  unm.  ;  Joamia,  twin  of  Sarah  Anna,  b.  Oct.  4,  1827,  m. 
Elias  P.  Haynes,  Feb.  20,  1855,  has  4  chil.,  he  is  a  large  farmer,  and  they 
lire  in  Kewanee,  111. ;  Mintrva,  b.  Sept.  10,  1830,  m.  Edwin  AVhitney, 
who  is  connected  with  the  Providence  Reform  School ;  Salmon  Addison^ 
b.  April  19, 1832,  d.  Oct.  26, 1833  ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  June  2, 1836,  d.  Nov. 
9,  1839  ;  Salmon  Otis,  b.  Sept.  28,  1838,  is  in  Illinois  in  the  coal  business. 

46.  Jason  Barrows  resides  in  "Willington.  Hem.  1st,  Betsey  Delaaey, 
Oct.  4,  1807  ;  m.  2d,  Polly  Eldridge.  Chil.  by  1st  wife :  Salmon  Dwight ; 
Alphonso  Robinson ;  Eleanor;  John    William  Chauncey. 

47.  Joshua  Palmer  Barrows  is  a  farmer  and  resides  at  Mansfield  Cen- 
ter. He  m.  Polly  Bingham,  dau.  of  Oliver,  Feb.  28,  1821,  she  d.  April 
17,  1864,  aged  74.  Ch.\\.\  Jane  Palmer,  h.  Ang.  11,1823,  m.  Franklin 
Storrs  Ilovey,  Nov.  1,  1848,  resides  in  Philadelphia,  and  has  6  chil. ; 
Henry  Die ighf,  h.  Feb.  23,  1825,  went  to  California  in  1852,  where  he  now 
resides,  at  Los  Angelos,is  L'.  S.  Marshal  for  the  Southern  District  of  Cal- 
ifornia, m.  Juana  Wolfskill,  dau.  of  William,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Cali- 
fornia, in  1831,  she,  d.  Jan.  1,  1863,  leaving  one  dau.,  Alice  Wolfskill,  b. 
July  16,  1862  ;  James  Arnold,  b.  Feb.  25,  1830,  m.  1st,  Abigail  Bar- 
rows, dau.  of  Dan,  Nov.  29,  1855,  whod.  Oct.  25, 1858  m.  2d,  Cornelia  S. 
Swift,  dau.  of  Earl,  2d,  July  5,  1860,  and  has  by  2d  wife  one  dau.,  Abby, 
b.  May  20,  1861. 

48.  Thomas  Barrows  m.  Almira  Royce,  dau.  of  James,  Dec,  1830 ; 
he  d.  May  11, 1843.  Chil.:  Gr'eor^;^  F.,  b.  Nov.,  1831.  He  early  manifest- 
ed %  strong  desire  for  professional  life,  attended  medical  lectures  at  New 
Haven,  then  at  the  New  York  University,  where  he  graduated  with  dis- 
tinguished honors  in  March,  1855.  and  d.  April  5,  1855  ;  Francis  C.  is  a 
member  of  the  10th  C.  Y.,  and  received  a  severe  wound  in  one  of  the 
battles  ;  Delia  A.,  m.  let,  Albert  Snow,  who  lived  but  a  short  time,  ra. 
2d,  Charles  D.  Rider,  of  Willington  ;  Ashley  W.  is  a  member  of  the  27th 
Mass.  regiment;  there  were  three  other  chil.,  who  d.  in  infancy. 

49.  Charles  Barrows,  of  Springfield,  is  a  teacher,  has  been  Principal 
of  the'school  on  Springfield  Hill  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  or  moreto  the  sat- 
isfaction of  all  concerned.  We  are  much  indebted  to  him  through  Mr. 
Wm.  W.  Barrows,  (No.  51)  for  facts  and  records  concerning  the  Barrows 
family  of  his  branch.     He  m.  Lydia  Smith,  dau.  of  Seth,  of  West  Spring- 


88  liisTORY  or  ancient  windham. 

field,  Sept.  5,  1S38,  and  has  liad  chil. :  Mary  Sophia,  b.  Sept.  5,  1840,  d.' 
Feb;  20,  1852;  Jane  Elizaheth,  b.  Aug.  10,  1843,  d.  April  5,  1849  ;  CJiarles 
Henry.h.  March  7, 1850,  d.  Sept.  14,  1850  ;  Charles  Henry,  2d,  b.  Aug.  4, 
1853. 

50.  Rev.  Sylvester  Barrows  is  a  Baptist  clergyman,and  has  pleach- 
ed in  Brooklyn,  Conn,,  for  the  last  12  years.  He  m.  1st,  Julia  Barrows, 
dau.  of  Nathan,  of  Mansfield,  Jan.  18, 1826;  she  d.  Nov.  4,  1842;  m.  2d, 
Sarah  ToplifF,  dau.  of  Horatio,  Aug.  4,  1844,  shs  d.  Sept.  20,  1849-;  ni.  3d,- 
Amanda  M.Wright,  dau.  of  Stedman,  Sept.  18',  1850;  she  d.  Dec.  3,1^61. 
Chil.  by  Isty^i^e:  Albert,  b.  March  14.  1S27,  m.  Charlotte  Elizabeth  Wil- 
son, dau.  of  Jesse,  of  Willimantic,  Sept.  7,  1852,  and  has  had  chil.,  !^dwin 
Lord,  b.  June  19,  1852,  Frank,  b.  Oct.  21,  1854,  Nellie,  b.  Aug.  24, 
185G,  Albert  Jr.,  b.  July  4,  1862.  He  is  a  carpenter  by  trade,  resides  in 
Hartford,  served  9' months  in  the  22d  C.  V. ;  Ed-win  Gilbert^  b.  May  10, 
1830,  m.  Ellen  A.  Knous,  of  Hartford,  May  26,  1863,  is  a  printer  by  trade, 
aud  has  been  fur  several  years  local  editor  of  the  Hartford  Evening  Press  j 
Charlotte  A.,  b.  April  29,  1832,  d.  July  24,  1833  ;  Eliza  Porter,  b.  Dec;  12, 
1834,  is  a  teacher;  Sylvester  J/owy,  b.Sept,  25,  1837,  is  a  gold  pen  maker; 
Julia  Ann,  h.  Oct.  28,  1839,  d.  Feb.  1,1863.  Chil.  by  2d  wife:  Louis 
Judson,  b.  Feb.  7,  1847,  d.  Sept.  7, 1849.  Chil.  by  3'wife :  Herbert  Eugene^ 
b.  April  26,  1852,  d.  Aug.  2^  1852;  John  Wright,  b.  March  10,  1854. 

51.  AViLLiAM  Willis  Barrows  resides  on  Chestnut  Hill,  in  Mansfiteld, 
and  has  been  a  teacher  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  He  is  Uow 
Acting  School  Visitor.  We  are  greatly  indebted  to  him  for  records  and 
information  respecting  the  Barrows  family,-  especially  thfi  descendants  of 
Thomas  3d.  He  m.  Selina  Maria  Place,  dau.  of  Thomas,  April  12,  1844, 
and  has  had  chil. :  Adelphia  Maria,  b.  July  14,  1845  ;  Adelbert  iVilliam, 
b.  May  10,  1850;  Walter  Judson,  b.  Oct.  14,  1859,  d.  Feb.  8,  1861. 

SYLYENUS   BARROWS. 

1.  Sylvenus  Barrows,  says  family  tradition,  was  of  English  descent, 
and  his  first  ancestors  in  this  country  settled  at  Plymouth.  No  connec- 
tion is  found  vrLth  the  Mansfield  family,but  it  is  not  improbable  that  Syl- 
venus was  of  that  race.  One  statement  is  that  he  came  from  Cape  Cod, 
which  is  rendered  somewhat  probable  by  the  name  of  his  wife — a  Cape 
name.  He  probably  came  to  Windham  about  1755,  as  his  wife  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  First  Church  that  year.  He  went  to  Plainfield  and  re- 
mained a  year  ortwo,  but  returned  to  Windham.  He  was  a  hatter  by 
trade,  and  lived  in  the  Center,  where  he  carried  on  the  business.  He 
m.  Ruth  Blossom,  some  time  before  he  came  to  Windham,  and  his  older 
chil.  were  b.  before  he  settled  in  the  town.  She  d.  Feb.  8, 1797,  aged  83 ; 
he  d.  in  Vermont,  (probably  with  his  dau.  Anna,  who,  it  is  said,  emi- 
grated to  Hartford  in  that  State,)  1798,  aged  85.  [In  records  of  deaths 
in  Windham,  kept  in  the  Rev.  Stephen  White's  family,  we  find  that  Syl- 


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"^  6ENEALOGT.  8yf 

tenfits  Barro'ws  d.  Dec,  1802,  aged  86.  The  familj  are  certain,  however, 
that  he  d.  in  Vermont,  as  above.]  Chil.  b.  before  they  came  to  Wind- 
ham: (2)  Si/lve7ucs,  h.  about  1751  ;  Joseph,  h.  about  1754,  was  for  a  time 
in  the  army,  and  about  1792  was  stationed  at  Fort  Franklm  on  the  Alle- 
ghany river  above  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  He  returned  to  Windham,  and  d. 
Jan.  10,  1798,  aged  44,  unm. ;  RiitJ/,  m.  Benjamin  Holland,  April  2G,  1778, 
had  John  and  Henry  recorded  in  Windham,  removed  to  New  York  ciry, 
where  they  had  Frank,  who  d.  in  New  Orleans  in  1820;  Ann,ta.  Fi^ancis 
Shallies,  Aug.  19,  1781,  had  William  and  Joseph,  after  which  they  re- 
moved to  Hartford,  Vt.  Chil.  b.  in  Windham  :  Mehitahle,  b.  March  29, 
1756,  m.  Joseph  Johnson,  his  2d  wife,  and  had  chil.,  among  them  Bet- 
sey, who  m.  Dea.  Joseph  Fitch,  and  is  now  living  in  Willimantic  a  wid.  ; 
Francis,  h.  Feb.  13,  1758,  m.  Mary  Larrabee,  no  chil., he  d.  Sept.  24, 1781. 

2.  Sylvenus  Barrows,  jr.,  resided  in  Wmdham  Center,  his  house  be- 
ing nearly  opposite  the  old  Staniford  tavern,  between  the  corner  and 
where  the  bank  now  stands.  He  m.  Mrs.  Tryphena  (Bill}  Webster,  Sept. 
11,  1786 ;  he  d.  Feb.  20,  1814,  aged  63 ;  she  d.  Feb.  24,  1814,  aged  56. 
Chil. :  (3)  Francis,  b.  Sept.  4,  1787  ;  Lydia,  b.  May  5,  1790,  m.  Chaun'- 
cey  Eaton,  of  Winsted,  Conn.,  she  d.,  leaving  chil.,  some  of  whom  are 
living ;  Leonard  Hensley,  b.  Feb.  5,  1795,  m.  Nancy  Williams,  of  Groton, 
she  d.  Aug.  27,  1838,  aged  51,  he  d.  March  2,  1840,  aged  45,  no  chil. 

3.  Francis  Barrows  settled  first  in  Windham,  but  removed  to-  Nor- 
wich in  1818.  He  m.  Eliza  Granniss,  of  East  Haven,  Ct.,  Oct.  11,  1805 ; 
he  d.  in  Norwich,  July  26,  1853,  aged  66 ;  she  d.  June  8,- 1857,  aged  71. 
Chil. :  (4)  Henry  Abbe,  b.  in  Windham,  July  28,  1807;  Tryphena,h.  Feb. 
25,  1810,  m.  John  G.  Grady,  of  New  York,  d.  leaving  family;  Eliza  A., 
b.  March  12j  1813,  m.  William  Ilurlburt,  of  Berlin,  March  1,  1835,  have 
one  dau. ;  George  F.,  b.  June  9,  1815,  went  to  sea  in  the  ship  William  C. 
Nye,  Oct.  19,  1841,  he  d.  at  the  Feejee  Islands,  July,  1849  ;  Edwin  S.,  b. 
Dec.  22,  1818,  resides  in  Norwich,  m,  Mary  Bennett,  of  Norwich,  Dec.  8, 
1844,  and  has  chil.,  Mary  E.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1845,  Annah  H.,  b.  May  2, 1851, 
Edwin  S.,  jr.,  b.  April  16,  1859  ;  Mary  G.,  b.  at  Norwich,  March  18,1821, 
m.  Rowland  H.  Gardner,  July  9,  1844,  a-nd  has  chil, ;  Clarissa  M.,  b. 
Jan.  15,  1824,  m.  Frank  F.  Grady,  of  New  York,  July  7,  1849,  and  has 
family. 

4.  Henry  Abbe  Barrows  is  a  machini&t,  formerly  had  charge  of  the 
shop  of  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  Railroad,  is  now  engaged  in  the  stove 
business  at  Greenville,  Ct.  He  was  for  a  time  a  resident  of  South  Wind- 
ham. We  are  indebted  to  him  for  most  of  the  later  records  of  his  family. 
He  m.  Julia  A.  Barns,  of  Groton,  Ct.,  Dec.  29,  1829,  and  has  chil.:  Henry 
E.,  b.  at  Windham,  March  15,  1833,  is  an  engineer  of  the  Norwich  Sc 
Worcester  Railroad,  m.  Jane  R.  Stead,  of  Norwich,  June  1,  1855,  and 
has  chil. :  Gertrude  J.,  b.  Jan.  15, 1857,  WilHam  Henry,  b.  Dec.  12, 1858  ; 

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So  iilSTORY   OF   ANCIENT   WINDriAIvf. 

Helen  M.,  b.  at  "Windham,  Dec.  27,  1834,  m.  Remick  W.  Chatnpionj  of 
Lyme,  Ct.,  Oct.  13,  1857. 


BASS. 

1.  Dea.  Samuel  Sassj  the  common  ancestor  of  Windham  fatailies,  an(J 
probably  of  all  of  the  name  in  New  England,  with  wife  Ann  and  probably 
two  or  three  children,came  over  about  1632, was  at  Roxbury  that  year,was 
one  of  the  earliest  members  of  the  first  chu?ch  in  that  town,  which  was 
gathered  as  early  as  1632,  was  freeman  May  14,  1634,  removed  to  Brains- 
tree  about  1640,  settling  in  the  north  precinct  of  the  town,  now  Quin-' 
ey.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  Braintree  July  5,  1640,  and  was 
chosen  and  ordained  the  first  deacon  theriB,  which  oflBce  he  retained  un- 
til his  death,  a  period  of  more  than  fifty  years.  He  is  repfesented  Xo 
have  been  a  man  of  vigorous  intellect,  and  one  of  the  leading  flien  of  the 
tewn.  He  was  representative  in  1641^  and  subsequently  12  years.  He  d. 
Dec.  30,  1694,  aged  94,  leaving  162  descendants,  the  youngest,  the  Rev. 
Benjamin  Bass,of  Hanover,Mass.,who"  was  b.  11  days  before  ;  Anna,hi8  wife, 
d.  Sept.  5,  1693,  aged  93.  [These  dates  were  furnished  us  by  J.  Lawrence 
Bass,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  with  other  records  of  Thomas  and  John  following,- 
for  which  we  are  much  obliged,  but  he  does  not  agree  with  Mr.  Savage, 
who  says  that  Anna,  the  wife  of  Dea.  Samuel  Bass,  d.  Sept.  5,  1663,  and! 
he  d.  Dec.  30,  1694,  aged  93.]  Chil.  of  Dea.  Samuel  and  Anna  Bass  ; 
Samuel,  m.  Mary  Howard  ;  Mary,  ra.  Elder  John  Capen,  of  Dorchester,- 
his  2d  wife  ;  Hannah,  m.  Stephen  Paine  ;  John,  m.  Ruth  Alden,  dau.  of 
John,  of  the  Mayflower,  and  had  family ;  (2)  Thomas ;  Joseph  ;  Sarahf 
m.  Dea.  John  Stone,  of  Watertown. 

2.  Dea.  Thomas  Bass  settled  in  Medfield,  where  he  lived  five  or  six- 
years,  when  he  returned  to  Braintree,  was  deacon  of  the  church,  re- 
Bided  there  until  his  death.  He  m.  1st,  Sarah  Wood,  of  Medfield,  Oct^ 
4, 1660 ;  she  d.  Dec.  29,  1678";  m.  2d  Susanna  Blanchard,  probably  wid. 
of  Nathaniel,  1680.  ChW.:  Abigail,  h.  Jan.  2,  1668;  SamweZ,  b.  Dec.  20 
1669  ;  Mary,  b.  April  20,  1672  ;  (3)  John,  b.  March  26,  1675  ;  Mehitable] 
b.  Sept.  18,  1678,  d.  Jan.  24,  1679.  Two  other  chil.,  names  not  found, 
were  born  in  Medfield. 

3.  John  Bass  settled  first  at  Braintree,  was  at  Lebanon  1708,  bought 
110  acres  of  land  of  Rev.  Samuel  Whiting,  in  Windham,  for  £105,  Feb. 
21, 1710-11,  where  he  settled,  it  being  on  the  road  from  Windham  Center 
to  Scotland,  now  within  the  bounds  of  the  latter  town.  We  believe  the 
original  homestead  is  still  in  the  family,  and  is  now  owned  by  Dea. 
Waldo  Bass. 

John  Bass  m.  Elizabeth  Neale,  of  Biaintree,  March  7,  1695  ;  he  d.  ia 


iG«NEALOGT.  *' 

Wiadham,  Oct.  10^  1753,  aged  78.  His  wife  survived  him.  Chil.  b.  at 
jBraintree  :  Elizabeth^  b.  Sept.  5,  169G,  m.  John  Kingsley  the  2d  of  Wind- 
ham ;  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  19,  1099,  m.  Ichabod  Woodworth  ;  (4)  Thomas,  b, 
Oct.  7,  1701 ;  (5)  Henri/,  b.  May  20,  1704  ;  John,  b.  May  7,  1706,  d.  y. ; 
John,  2d,  b.  in  Lebanon,  April  20,  1708,  d.  in  Windham,  Jan.  20,  1719. 
Ohil.,  b.  in  Windham:  Hannah,  h.  May  27,  1711^  m.  Zebulon  Hebard  ; 
Priscilla,  b.  April  13,  1713,  d.  Sept.  5, 1714;  Priscilla,  2d,  b.  June  6, 1717, 
pi.  Eldad  Kingsley,  was  the  ancestress  of  the  Lebanon  and  Columbia 
Kingsleys,  and  lived  to  nearly  the  age  of  100  years  ;  Zehulon,  h.  May  22, 
1718,  d.  Feb.  4,  I71i). 

4.  Thomas  Bass  m.  Dorothy  Parish,  Nov.  9, 1726  ;  she  d.  July  12,  1778, 
aged  77 ;  he  d.  Jan.  8, 1787,  aged  55.     Ghil. :  (6)  John,  b.  Sept.  14, 1727  ; 

Mary,  b.  June  20, 1729,  m. ^  Roundy  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  March  1,  1730-31, 

d.  unra. ;  Dorothy,  h.  Oct.  29, 1736^  m.  — . —  Kingsley  ;  Lydia,  b.  April  15, 
J.738,  not  named  in  distribution  1790 ;  Joab,  b.  Dec.  9,  1739,  d,  Nov.  6, 
1759  ;  Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  31,  1741,  m.  Hannah  Pain,  June  2,  1761,  and 
had  Jonathsn,  b.  Nov.  7, 1761,  d.  Dec.  7,  1764,  and  Wealthy,  b.  Sept.  1, 
1763,  probably  removed  from  Windham  ;  (7)  Abisha,  b.  Aug.  1, 1745  ; 
Joshua,  b.  March  6,  1748-9,  not  named  in  distribution  ;  Rachel,  b.  Aug. 
20,  1750,  m.  Lemuel  Bobbins. 

5.  Henry  Bass,  it  is  thought,  lived  on  the  original  homestead,  now  ia 
the  town  of  Scotland.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Church,  Dec.  10, 1735  ;  he  d. 
Dec,  1783  ;  she  d.  Sept.  19, 1798,  aged  85.  Chil. :  Zebulon,  b.  July  26, 
1737 ;  Samuel^  b.  Nov.  15,  1738,  m.  Hannah  Woodward,  Oct.  2,  1766 
had  Eleazer,  b.  April  15,  1767,  d.,  Jemima,  b.  Sept.  10,  1768,  after  which 
he  removed  to  Ashford,  where  he  had  other  chil.,  and  where  he  d. ;  Na- 
than, b.  Oct.  10,  1740;  Adonijah,  b.  Sept.  13,  1744;  [One  (if  not  both) 
of  the  two  last  named,  it  is  thought,  settled  in  Colebrook,  or  somewhere 
in  the  western  part  of  this  State,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Basses  of 
Litchfield  county.]  (8)  Ebenezer,h.  Oct  26, 1746  ;  Sybil,  b.  Nov.  18, 1748, 
m.  Eleazer  Fiteh  ;  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  13, 1750,  not  named  in  will,  1781 ;  Try- 
phena,  b.  March  6,  1753,  m.  Joshua  Abbe,  jr.,  the  preacher. 

6.  John  Bass,  m.  Mary  Pain,  Dec.  23,  1751 ;  she  d.  Feb.  12,  1769, 
after  which  perhaps  he  removed  from  Windham.  Chil. :  Sarah,  b.  June 
24,  1753  ;  Esther,  b.  Sept.  14,  1756,  d.  Jan.  11,  1759 ;  Hannah,  b,  Aug, 
30,  1758  ;  Mary,  b.  Dec.  30,  1760 ;  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  10,  1763  ;  Prudence,  h, 
June  2.2,  17.65  ;  Benjamin,  h.  Feb.  26, 1768. 

7.  Abisha  Bass  emigrated  to  Little  Hoosack  .about  1790,  says  jan  in- 
formant. He  m.  Phebe  Cook,  March  16,  1772.  ChiL:  Bridget,  h.  AjiTil 
7,  1774 ;  Damaris,  b.  Sept.  4,  1775  ;  Levi,  b.  May  6,  1778 ;  Lima,  a  dau., 
b.  Nov.  10,  1781 ;  Jerusha,  b.  June  12,  1783 ;  Asena,  b.  Dec.  18,  1784  ; 
Lavisa,  b.  Feb.  3,  1787. 

8.  Capt.  Ebenezer  Bass  was  a  farmer  and  a  respected  citizen  of  Wind- 
ham.   He  m.  Ruth  Waldo,  dau.  of  Zacheus,  Dec.  13,  1769 ;  ho  d.  March 


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•KISTOKY   OF    ANCIENl    WINDHAM. 


6,  1814,  aged  67  ;  she  d.  Dec,  1834.  Cliil.  :  Eleazer,  b.  Sept.  4,  1770,  m. 
Desire  Allen,  dau.  of  Asahel,  Dec.  18,  1794,  and  soon  after  removed  to 
Edmanstown,  N.  Y.,  where  be  d.  1859,  aged  89  ;  Joseph,  b.  April  17,  1772, 
•m.  Lucy  Gager,  dan.  of  Jason,  Dec.  30,  1795,  had  Mary,  b.  April  6,  1798^ 
Sarah,  b.  Dec.  14,  1799,  and  Jason,  b.  March  2,  1802,  after  which  he  re- 
moved to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  d.  some  ten  or  a  dozen  years  since ; 
Bela  (Doct.),  b.  Jan.  16,  1776,  studied  medicine  with  Doct.  Sumner,  of 
Westfield,  m.  there  Phila  Mosely,  settled  in  Middlebury,  Vt.,  was  a  suc- 
cessful physician  there,  had  an  only  son,  William,  who  also  became  a  phy- 
sician and  who,  we  believe,  is  still  living  in  Middlebury  ;  Taliiha,  b.  April 
2,  177-8,  m.  Rufus  Burnham  ;  Eunice,  h.  Aug.  9,  1780,  m.  Ebenezer  Wit- 
ter, of  Canterbury,  d.  i860,  was  the  mother  of  the  late  Doct.  William 
Witter,  of  Willimantic;  (9)  Nathan,h.  April  15,  1782;  (10)  Ebenezer,  b. 
July  1, 1784  ;  (  n)John,  b.  Oct.  22,  1786  ;  Li/i!icc,h.  Nov.  13,  1788  ;  Zacheus, 
b.  Feb.  18, 1791,  emigrated  to  Vermont,  became  a  physician  and  was  liv- 
ing at  a  recent  date. 

9.  Nathan  Bass,  m.  1st,  Nancy  Clift,  dau.  of  Major  Waterman,  March 
27,  1822;  she  d.  and  he  m.  2d  Mrs.  Laura  (Paine)  Fisher,  wid.  of  tho 
Rev.  Jesse  Fisher,  pastor  of  the  Scotland  church  ;  he  d.  a  few  years  since. 
Chil:  Charles,  b.  Jan.  15,  1825,  m.  Waity  Allen,  dau.  of  Nathan,  of  Can. 

terbury ;  Lucia,  b. m.  Nelson  Morse,  of  Woodstock ;  Waterman,  b. 

m.  Elniira  Smith,  dau.  of  Marcus,  of  Scotland;   Waldo,  b.  m. 

Delia  Barrows,  dau.  of  Pharez,  of  Mansfield,  and  lives  on  the  ancient  Bass 
homestead  in  Scotland. 

10.  Ebenezar  Bass,  is  a  farmer  and  lives  in  Scotland.  He  m.  Sarah 
McCurdy,  dau.  of  Neil,  of  New  Brunswick,  March  27,  1811 ;  she  d.  a  few 
years  since.  Chil.:  William  McCurdy,  b.  Jan.  10, 1812,  is  m.  and  resides 
in  Bureau  County,  111.;  Ruih,h.  Dec.  15,  1813,  resides  with  her  lather, 
unm.;  George,  twin  of  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  15,  1813,  m.  Mary  Cary,  dau.  of  Wil- 
liam, resides  in  Bureau  County,  111.;  Edwin,  b.   Jan.   28,   1816,  m. 

Stannard,  resides  m   Bureau   County,  111.;  Henry,  b.  Nov.   24,  1817,  m. 

Crandall,  resides  in  Henry  County,  111.;  Susan,  b.  Sept.  30,  1819,  d. 

Sept.  15,  1822 ;  Sarah  Ann,  b.  Dec.  1, 1821,  m.  William  S.  Gager;  Nathan, 
b.  Feb.  14, 1824,  is  m.  and  lives  in  Minnesota ;  Harriet,  b.  April  20,  1826, 
d.  April,  1846;  Clinton,  b.  March  14,  1828,  lives  in  Henry  County,  111.; 
Lucian,  b.  March  15,  1830,  lives  with  his  father  in  Scotland  ;  Charlotte,  b. 
Aug.  2,  1833,  m.  Charles  W.  Beckwith  and  lives  in  South  Windham. 

11.  John  Bass  lives  in  Scotland.  He  m.  1st  Eunice  Tracy,  dau.  of 
Gurdon,  Sept.  18,  1814 ;  she  d.  Nov.  12,  1820;  m.  2d  Betsey  Martin,  wid. 
of  Elijah  and  dau.  ot  Eleazer  Smith,  April  25,  1821  ;  she  d.  Jan.  9,  1837; 
m.  3d  wid.  of  Thomas  C.  Tracy.  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  Marcia,  b.  Feb!  22, 
1816,  m.  1st  Robert  Rinsom,  settled  in  Ohio,  ra.  2d  Darius  Bacon  ;  Lydia 
b.  Nov.  4, 1817,  m.  Epaphras  Safford,  had  3  chil.,  was  living  a  wid.  in  1861; 
Susan,  b.  July  6,  1819,  m.  Dwight  Cary  and  has  family.  Chil.  by  2d  wife: 


GENEALOGY.  S3 

Eunice,  b.  Sept.  25,  1822.  in.  Nathan  Morse,  of  Woodstock,  has  family ; 
Naiici/,  b.  Dec.  21,  1823,  m.  David  Hovey,  of  Urbana,  Champaign  county,, 
Ohio;  Cornelia,  b.  Dec,  1825, ra.  George  Hovey  ;  Egbert,  b.  Jan.  29,  1828, 

m Carter,  resides  in  Scotland;  Ellen,  m.  Ist  William  Burnham,  m. 

2d  Rufus  Huntington,  of  VVindhara  Center  ;  John,  h.  Aug.,  1832,  d.  Dec. 
24,  1833  ;  Edgar,  b.  Sept.  13,  1834.  Chil.  by  3d  wife:    Jane,  m.  Samuel 
Ashley. 


BASSSTT. 

1.  WiLMAM  Bassett  Came  to  Plymouth  in  the  Fortune,  1*521,  with 
wife  Elizabeth,  was  at  Duxbury  in  1637,  representative,  1G40,  and  lour 
yeajrs  more,  removed  to  Bridgewater,  where  he  d.,  1667.  Chil. ;  Saruh, 
who  m.  Peregrine  White,  the  first  born  of  the  Pilgrims  in  England,  1648  ; 
William  ;  Elizabeth ;  (2^  Nathaniel,  b.,  1628. 

2.  Nathaniel  Bassett,  of  Yarmouth,  1672,  m.  a  dau.  of  John  Joyce, 
and  Lad  10  chil.,  but  the  record  of  them  is  lost.  He  names  them  all  in 
his  will  Jan.  10,  1709-10.     Among  his  chil.  was  (3)  Nathaniel. 

3.  Nathaniel  Bassett  purchased  land  in  that  part  of  Wmdham  which 
is  now  Msnsfield,  Sept.  1,  1695.  It  was  the  north  part  of  lot  No.  3,  at 
th«  '-Ponds."  He  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Windham  Nov.  4, 1695, 
was  one  of  the  patentees  of  the  town  of  Mansfield  Oct.  20,  1703,  and  ev- 
idently one  of  the  prominent  settlers.  A  bridge  in  South  Mansfield  is 
still  called  "  Bassett's  Bridge."  The  name  has  long  since  disappeared 
from  Mansfield.  He  ni.  1st,  Joanna  Borden,  Dec.  16,  1695  ;  she  d.  Dec. 
3,1740;  m.  2d,  wid.  Elizabeth  Memck,  March  30,  1743;  he  d.  about 
1750.  Chil.:  Joanna,  b.  Sept.  24, 1697,  m.  James  Hovey,  the  2d  of  Mans- 
field ;  Ebenezer,  b.  May  4,  1699,  d.  same  day;  Ehenezer,  2d,  b.  April  2, 
1701,  d.  April  5,  1701 ;  Dorcas,  b.  July  12,  1702,  d.  April  27,  1793,  aged 
90,  unm.;  (4)  Nathaniel,  b.  Sept.  30, 1704 ;  Mary,  b.l7, 1707-8, m.  William 
Huntington,  son  of  Dea.  Thomas,  of  Mansfield,  lived  in  Windham,  had  3 
chil.,,  d.  there  June  1,  1740;  Thankful,  b.  Sept.  12,  1712,  d.  y. 

4.  Nathaniel  Bassett,  jr.,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Mehitable  Huntington, 
dau,  of  Dea.  Thomas,  of  Mansfield,  March  18,  1735-6.  Chil. :  Nathan,  b. 
Dec.  16,  1736,  d.  Dec.  28,  1730  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  June  25,  1738;  Nathaniel 
and  Mehitable,  twins,  b.  June  23,  1744,  d.  soon;  (5)  Elnathan,  b.  April  7, 
1746;  Oliver,  h.  April  5,  1748;  Olive,  tvi'm  of  Oliver,  b.  April  5,  1748,  d. 
July,  1754;  Ezra,  b.  July  8,  1753,  m.  Meribah  Kee,  Oct.  58,  1772,  and 
had  Joanna,  b.  March  21,  1775. 

5.  Elnathan  Bassett  m.  Anne  Southworth,  dau.  of  Josiah,  Oct.  30, 
1771.  Chil. :  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  24,  1772 ;  Erastus,  b.  Oct.  14,  1774 ;  Eliza- 
beth, b.  June  1,  1776  ;  Asa,  b.  April  13,  1778 ;  Horace,  b.  Jan.  18,  1780, 
was  a  prominent  lawyer  and  citizen  of  Indiana,  was  a  member  of  the 


94  MMTORY   or   ANCIENT   WINDHAM, 

first  and  six  subsequent  legislatures,  one  of  the  commissioners  to  remoT« 
the  Indians  from  the  State,  and  elerk  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court,  d.  at 
Indianapolis  about  the  first  of  Jan.,  1861 ;  Horatio^  b.  Nov.  8, 1781  ;  Ward^ 
b.  July  8,  1783. 

Joshua  Bassett  m.  Martha  McCall,  Nov.  8,  1750. 

William  Bassett,  by  wife  Alice,  had  Jonathan^  b.  May  27,  1763. 

Nathan  Bassett  m.  Mary  Balch,  probably  dau.  of  Verin,  March  16, 1783| 
and  had  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  18,  1783 ;  Nathan^  b,  Sept.  12,  1785. 

The  above  includes  all  in  regard  to  this  family  found  ia  Majwfield  town, 
records. 


BEMIS. 

'  Daniil  Bemis,  of  WatertowD,  sells  laud  in)Windham  to  R.  Simons,  Feb, 
7,  1717-18.     Daniel  Bemis,  by  wife  Euth,  had /(ftii^-ai^,  b.  June  26, 1724. 

Ephraim  Bemis,  of  Windham,  gives  son  James  B.,  of  Westerly,  and 
his  son  Ephraim  "  land  I  now  own  near  Appaquag"  (now  Hampton), 
June  27, 1723.  He  m.  L3-dia  Thomas,  Oct.  1,  1736.  Chil;  Jamet,  b, 
Aug.  6,  1737  ;  Mari/,  b.  May  15,  1739. 

Ruth  Bemis  m.  William  Averill,  Oct.  13,  1721. 


BENNETT. 


There  were  braoches  of  several  Bennett  families  in  the  towns  of  Wind- 
ham, Mansfield  and  Hampton,  the  principal  of  which  were  Williana,  of 
Hampton.,  and  Nathaniel,  of  Mansfield. 

WILLIAM  BENNETT. 

1.  William  Bennett,  from  Ipswich,  Mass.,  joined  the  church  in  Hamp- 
toa,  (then  2d  church  in  Windham,)  July  7,  1738.  His  will  is  dated, 
March  9, 1762,  and  was  proved  Sept.  24,  1764.  He  d.  Sept.  3,  1764, 
aged  60.  In  his  will  he  names  the  following  chil :  Sarah,  m.  John  How- 
ard, Jr.;  Lucj/,  m.  Joseph  Burnham  ;  Mary,  m.  Ames  Woodward,  of  Can- 
terbury ;  Lydia,  m.  Joseph  Mar.sh,  his  2d.  wife;  Jane,  m.  Andrew  Burn- 
bam  ;  Eunice^  bapt.  Nov.  1,  1741,  m.  Solomon  Smith  of  Hampton  ;  (2) 
Isaac;  Elizabeth,  bapt.  June  17,  1744,  d.  March  20,  1765,  unm. 5  Han- 
nah, bapt.  1746,  m. Aspenwall. 

2.  Dea.  Isaac  Bennet,  of  Hampton,  m,  1st  Sarah  Cady,  of  Killingly, 
Nov.  2, 1763 ;  she  d.  July  17,  1782  ;  m.  2d  Margaret  Pain,  Sept.  9,  1784  ; 
«he  d.  March  6,  1815  ;  he  d.  July  17,  1817,  aged  76.  If  the  age  at  death 
Lb  correctly  stated  he  was  b.  about  1741,  and  possibly  was  twin  of  Eu- 


aiea.  C'hil.  hj  1st  Trife :  (3)  Williara^  b.  Aug.  14, 1764 ;  EUzahetli,  b.  April 
18,  1766,  d.  Nov.  9,  1837,  aged  71 ;  Jared,  b.  Aug.  23,  1768;  Sarah,  b. 
Aug.  5,  1770;  Lydia,  b.  Dec.  5,  1772;  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  5,  1775;  Lztcy, 
t.  Oct.  29,.  17t6,  m.  Daniel  Clark;  Clarissa,  b.  June  24,  1780,  d.  July  4, 
1780;  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  5,  1782j  m.  Asseuatb  Utley,  dau.  of  Thomas,  April 
l8, 1811,  she  d.  in  Volney,  Oswego  county,  N.  Y.,  Sept,  12,  1813,  lie  d.  at 
Marcelhis,  N.  Y.,  July  2,  1858. 

3.  William  Bennett,  Esq.,  of  Hampton,  m.  Anna  Puller,  dau.  of  Sam- 
tiel,  Feb.  20,  1800;  she  d.  June  18,  1846,  aged  73.     Chil :  Isaac,  h.  Dec. 

21,  1804  ;  iVilliam^  b.  Oct.  17,  1807,  m.  Marina  Brown,  dau.  of  John, 
Nov.  16,  1836,  and  had  Edward,  b.  April  12, 1824 ;  Samuel  Fuller,  b.  Sept. 
24,  1811,  d.  July  16,  1845,  aged  33;  Lijman,  b.  Jan.  24,  1814,  resides  ia 
Amsterdam,  N.  Y. 

NATHANIEL  BENNETT. 

1.  Nathaniel  Bennett,  sen.,  it  appears,  came  from  Stonington,  and 
settled  in  Mansfield  soon  after  1750.  We  have  only  the  following  incom- 
plete records  of  his  descendants.  He  was  m.  before  he  came  to  Mansfield. 
He  d.  Oct.  18,  1800 ;  Mary,  his  wid.,  d.  July  22,  1813.  Chil.  bj  wife  Ma- 
ry :  (2)  Nathaniel,  b.  at  Stonington,  Aug.  7,  1750  ;  (3)  Asa,  b.  June  6, 
1752;  Mary,  b.  Dec.  22,  1754,  m.  Samuel  King;  Sarah,  b.  April  12,  1756, 
m.  W  illiam  Willis ;  Israel^  b.  July  20,  1758,  named  in  will  1795 ;  (4) 
William,  b.  Dec.  16, 1762  ;  Phebe,  b.  May  26,  1767. 

2.  Nathaniel  Bennett,  jr.,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Ednar  Little,  of  Killingly, 

Nov.  26j  1776.     Chil.:  Rhoda,  b.  Sept.  21,  1777,  m.  Boynton,  of 

Coventry^  and  removed  West ;  Eliphalet,  b.  May  2,1780,  had  wife  but  no 
chil.,  d.  in  Columbia  ;  (5)  Ira,  b.  Jan.  25,  1782;  (6)  Origin,  b.  July  3, 
1784  ;  Theod<i,  b.  Dec.  20,  1786,  d.  June  23, 1801 ;  Polly,  b.  July  25, 1809, 
In.  Thomas  Grow,  of  Hampton  ;  Ehenezer,  b.  May  25,  1793,  m.  Sally  Bar- 
rows, dau.  of  Samuel,  March  22,  1818,  and  had  Nathaniel  Warren,  b.  Jan. 

22,  1820,  now  a  merchant  in  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  and  Julia- 

3.  Asa  Bennett,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Maiy  Barrows,  dau.  of  Lieut.  Thomas, 
Feb.  10,  1774.  Chil. :  Rhoda,  b.  Jan.  13,  1775,  d.  Oct.  14,  1776  ;  Asa,  b. 
July  10,  1778,  m.  Chloe  Grow,  of  Hampton,  March  17,  1803,  and  had 
Phila,  b.  March  26,  1804  ;  Alfred,  b.  Sept.  26,  1780 ;  Alvin,  b.  April  14, 
1783,  m.  Mary  Slate,  dau.  of  James,  Oct.  6,  1808  ;  Eleazer,  b.  May  4,  1785, 
m.  Deborah  Hall,  June  5,  1806,  and  had  Sally,  b.  Oct.  6,  1808 ;  Sarah^  b. 
June  23,  1788. 

4.  William  Bennett,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Anna  Hunt,  May  3,  1787. 
Chil. :  Emelia,  b,  Oct.  29,  1789 ;  Mary,  b.  March  25,  1793  ;  William,  b. 
Nov.  9,  1795,  m.,  we  believe,  and  had  family,  but  we  have  no  records; 
Anna,  b.  April  21,  1799  ;  Theoda,  b.  April  24,  1803. 

5.  Ira  Bennett,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Sarah  Barrows,  dau.  of  Phillip,  Feb., 
1808.     Chil. :  Austin^  b.  Jan.  6, 1809,  d.  Sept.  22,  1810 ;  Austany,  b.  Oct. 


»»  *flSTOllY    Oy    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 

30,  1811 ;  Ira,  h.  Jan,  26,  1814,  by  wife  Samantha  h&d  Phila  P.,  b.  Sept.. 
27,  1847  ;  Sarahett,  b.  Sept.  8,  1821. 

6.  Origin  Bennett  resides  in  Chaplia.  He  m.  1st  Eunice  Grossman, 
Jan.  26,  1809  ;  she  d.  Feb.  7,  1814  ;  m.  2d  Sallinda  Babcock,  dau.  of  Gid- 
eon, of  Coventry,  Nov.  23,  1814.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  Edna  Adaline,  b.  May 
15,1810,  m.  Levi  Thompson,  of  Mansfield.  Chil.  by  2d  wife:  Eunice 
b.  Oct.  6,  1816,  m.  Charles  A.  Holt,  has  one  son,  Justin,  resides  in  Chap- 
lin ;  Sallinda,  b.  Jan.  28,  1818,  m.  Allen  Lincoln,  of  Chaplin,  resides  in 
Wi  Him  antic,  has  family ;  Origin,  jr.,  lives  in  Chaphn,  m.  1st  Almira 
Hovey,  ra.  2d  Emily  M.  Barton,  of  Chaplin  ;  Marilla. 

Stephen  Bennett,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Hannah  Turner,  dau.  of  John,  Nov. 
26,  1761.  Chil.:  Eunice,  b.  Sept.  13,  l762 ;  Stephen,  b.  March  1,  1764  ;■ 
Eoxalena,  b;  Dec.  4, 1765  ;  John,  b.  Sept.  2,  1767  ;  Mehitable,  b.  March  12, 
1769 ;  Mary,  b.  Sept.  8,  1771 ;  Uirel,  b.  March  26, 1774.  A  Stephen  Ben- 
nett, of  Stonington,  bought  land  in  Windham,  north  of  Beaver  Brook, 
Nov.  30,  1727. 

Jesse  Bennett,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Hannah  Dunham,  daii.  of  Benjamin, 
of  Mansfield,  Nov.  18,  1766 ;  she  d.  Dec.  2,  1766  ;  m.  2d  Temperance 
Freeman,  Feb.  20,  1777. 

Joshua  Bennett,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Elizabeth  Dunham,  March  25,  1773;' 
ehe  d.  July  24, 1786  ;  m.  2d  Esther  Smith,  Oct.  29,  1786.  Chil.  by  1st 
■wife  :  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  26,  1774  ;  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  15,  1775  ;  Elizabeth,  b. 
Sept.16,  1777;  ZoiSjb.  May  14,  1782;  i:/?y«;i,  b.  Feb.  22,  1784.  ChiL  ;• 
by  2d  wife :  Anna,  b.  July  12,  1787 ;  Lydia,  b.  Jtina  14,  1790 ;  Azaria\- 
b.  March  29, 1752 ;  Eimi'ce,  b.  March  17,  1794. 

John  Bennett,  of  Windham,  by  wife  Sarah,  had  7l:?arj/,  b.  April  22, 
1753 ;  Lois,  b.  Mary  23,  1755'. 

James  Bennett,  of  Mansfield,  m.  Miary  Storrs,  dau.  of  Capt.  Samuel,- 
jr.,  Sept.  29,  1774;  Chil.:  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  1,  1775;  AnrTrew,  b.  July  3,- 
1776';  Clarissa,  b.  Sept.  12,  1779 ;  Ira,  b.  Nov.  12,  1781 ;  Amelia,  b. 
March  17,  1784  ;  Huldah,  b.  April  25,  1786;  Anna,  b.  July  17,1788 ;  Sam- 
uel, b.  April  5,  1791 ;  3Iary,  b.  March  37,  1793  ;  Olive,  h.  Oct.  30,  1795  ; 
Debar  an,  b:  Jan.  2,  1800. 


BIBBINS. 

Family  tradition  has  it  that  four  brothers  who  wrote  their  names  Be- 
vens  or  Bevins,  came  to  this  country,  landing  first  at  Martha's  Vineyard; 
from  whence  they  went  to  Glastenbury,  where  they  settled  four  or  five 
miles  below  Hartford.  Mr.  Savage  says  of  Bevans  or  Bevens:  Arthur, 
Glastenbury,  b.  Dec.  15,  1697,  leaving  wid.  Mary  and  twelve  chil. ;  Ben- 
jamin, Farmington,  had  Benjamin  and  John,  there  baptized,  Dec.  1, 1689  ; 
Rowland,  Boston,  before  1660.    This  is  all  be  gives. 


•ENEALOCr.-  97 

That  the  Windham  Bibbins  family  were  of  the  same  race  as  the  Bev- 
©nses,  of  Glastenbury,  and  that  Arthur  the  first,  of  Windham,was  the  son 
of  Arthur  Bevens,  of  that  town,  is  ronsidered  certain.  The  Glastenbury 
Bevenses  have  been  in  the  habit  of  visiting  their  Windham  Bibbins 
cousins  within  the  recollection  of  those  living. 

1.  Arthur  Beven  or  Bevin,  of  Glastenbury,  was  an  early  settler,  and 
resided  there  some  time  before  the  town  was  incorporated  (1692),  but 
was  not  a  landholder  until  1696.  He  d.  Dec.  15,  1697,  leaving  wid.  Mary 
and  chil. :  JoJm,h.,  1676;  Mary,h.,  1678;  Grace,  b.,  1679;  Mercy,  h. 
1681;  Thomas,  h,  1682,  was  a  tax-payer  in  Glastenbury  in  1713;  Desire, 
b.  1684;  (2)  Arthtir,  b.  1686  ;  Joanna,  b.  1687;  Elizabeth,  b.  1690  ;  Abi- 
gail, b.  1692;  Sarah,  b.  1694,  m.  Return  Messenger  and  settled  in  Wind- 
ham; Anna,  b.  1696. 

2.  Arthur  Bibbins,  settled  in  Windham  as  early  as  1715.  The  namo 
of  his  first  wife,  to  whom  he  was  m.  before  he  came  to  Windham,  was 
Experience,  who  d.  May  7,  1730 ;  m.  2d  Elizal>eth  Eam.s,  May  26,  1731 ; 
she  d.  (propably)  Feb.,  1768 ;  he  d.  Feb.,  1788,  aged  102.  The  Windbam 
church  record  says  108  and  other  accounts  give-  his  age  at  death  as  107. 
He  is  represented  to  have  been  a  man  of  great  vigor  and  health,  never 
»ick  a  day  until  after  he  was  one  hundred,  when  he  was  thrown  from  a 
lorse  and  injured,  after  which  he  was  confined  until  his  death.  Tradi- 
tion says  he  was  a  shoemaker,  and  after  the  death  of  his  last  wife  resided! 
with  his  grandson  Elijah.  It  is  a  little  singular  that  there  should  be  such 
a  discrepancy  with  regard  to  his  age  at  the  time  of  his  death,  but  we 
feel  pretty  confident  that  it  was  only  about  102.  (Jhil.  by  1st  wife :  (3)  Ar- 
thur, b.  before  the  family  came  to  Windham ;  (4} Ebenezer,  b.  Feb.  1, 1714- 
15;  Jjcob,  b.  Oct.  2,  1717;  Experience,h.  April  6,  1722, d.  Nov.  12,  1720, 
Chil.  by  2d  wife  :  Experience,  2d,  b.  June  10,  1732 ;  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  20, 
1733,  d.  Feb.  6,  1768,  unm.;  Amos,  b.  May  14,  1736,  d.  July  16,  1757,  at 
Fort  Edward;  Ann,  b.  March  2,  1737-8;  Rebecca,  b.  April  17,  1740; 
Eunice,  b.  Dec.  24,  1742;  Thankful,  b.  March  24^  1746,  d.  Dec.  9,  1756. 

3.  Arthur  Bibbins,  jR.,m.  Abigail  FoUett,  dau.  of  Benjamin,  of  Wind- 
ham', Nov.  8,  1732  ;  he  d.  at  Ashford,  but  date  of  death  not  found,  at  the 
age  of  40  ;  she  d.  March  19,  1784.  Their  chil.  vrere:  Patience ,  b.  Oct,  23, 
1733,  m.  Manasseh  Farnham,  of  Ashford  ;  ^CTi/a7?im,  b.  July  3,  1736,  d 
Dec.  27, 1756  ;  Abigail,  b.  July  8,  1738,  m.  Moses  Spaffbrd,  and  was  the 
mother  of  the  late  Jesse  Spafibrd,  of  Windham  ;  (5)  Elijah,  b.  Sept.  18, 
1740  ;  (6)  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  12,  1742  ;  (7^  William,  b.  Nov.  23,  1745  ;  Is- 
rael, b.  Jan.  18,  1747-8,  settled  in  Fairfield,  Ct.,  m. Silliman,   and  it 

is  said  had  Elijah,  William,  Silliman,  Hannah,  Betsey,  Abigail  and  Sarah. 
Descendants  are  still  found  in  Fairfield;  Arthur,  h.  June  14,  1750,  d 
Nov.  1, 1754. 

4.  Ebenezer  Bibbins,  m.  Susanna  ;  he  d.  Nov.  19,  1761  aged  46. 

Chil.:  Timothy,  (probably)  m.  1st  Eunice  Brewster,  Sept.  25,  1760,  she  d. 
April  18,  1773,  m.  2d  Anne  Hovey,  dau.  of  Daniel,  Aug.  18,  1773,  liyed 

lo 


va  HISTORY   OF   ANCIENT   WINDHAM, 

in  Mansfield ;  Sasanna,  (probably)  m.  Caleb  Conant,  Jr.,  of  MansfieM 
and  had  family.  [We  have  no  record  of  the  m.  of  Ebenczer  Bibbins,  of 
of  the  birth  of  his  chil.  above,  but  from  the  lact  that  Timothy  Bibbins 
was  administrator  on  the  estate  of  Ebenezer  Bibbins  and  from  other  cir- 
cumstances it  is  pretty  certain  that  both  Timothy  and  Susanna  were  the 
older  chil.  of  Ebenezer]  ;  Jacob,  h.  April  26,1742;  Molly,  \>.  Jan.  30,  1745, 
m.  Robert  t'oburn,  his  2d  wife ;  Ebenezer,  b.  Feb.  11,  1747 ;  John,  b. 
March  16,  1750 ;  Sarah,  b.  May  24,  1754  ;  Phebe,  b.  Oct.  25,  1756 ;  Eliza- 
heth,  b.  Aug.  1,  1758.  As  we  find  no  descendants  ot  the  above  family 
perhaps  they  removed  from  Windham. 

A  Thankful  Bibbins  m.  Benjamin  Follet,  Jr.,  March  8,  1769.  As  we 
can  find  no  place  for  her  elsewhere,  perhaps  she  was  a  dao.  of  Ebenezer. 

5.  Dea.  Elijah  Bibbins,  of  Windham,  was  for  many  years  Deacon  of 
the  First  Baptist  church  formed  in  Windham,  under  the  care  of  Elder 
Benjamin  Lathrop.  He  m.  1st  Amy  Hill,  of  Preston,  Oct.,  1762;  she  d. 
March  4,  1799;  m.  2d  Silence  French,  Nov.  3,  1799;  she  d.  Aug.  15,  1818  ; 
m.  3d  Margaret  Wells  of  Colchester,  Aug.  16,  1819;  he  d.  March  28, 
1820,  aged  79.  Chil.  by  1st  wife  :  TnjjAena,  b.  Aug.  16,  1763,  d.  Dec. 
15,  1764 ;  (8)  Benjamin,  b.  May  10,  1765  ;  Elijah,  b.  April  7,  1767,  d. 
same  day  ;  Alathenh,  b.  May  1,  1768,  m.  Orrin  Ormsby,  of  Windham,  set- 
tled in  Oswego,  N.  Y.;  Patience,  b.  June  13,  1770,  m.  Oliver  Smith,  of 
Randolph,  Vt;  San/ord  b.  June  20,  1773,  m.  Anne  Welch,  Oct.  27,  1796, 
had  Jerusha,  b.  April  1,  1797,  recorded  in  Windham,  who  m.  William' 
Lathrop,  after  which  he  removed  with  his  fiimil}-  to  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  and 
had  Harriet,  Mary,  who  it  is  said  m.  Marvin  Ormsby,  Edmund,  who  is 
living  in  Oswego,  Lucian,  and  perhaps  others  ;  Samuel  b.  July  23, 1775,  d. 
Bame  day. 

6.  Samuel  Bibbins  settled  in  Hampton,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  m.  and 
had  11  chil.,  as  follows:  WUliam,  Sanmel,  Luther,  Calvin,  Susannah,  Alvi- 
rah,  Arthur,  Elijah,  Amaziah,-  Saraantha  and  Elisha.  All  are  d.  except  Al- 
▼irah  and  Amaziah.  Elisha,  the  youngest  son  of  Samuel  above,  had  five 
sons :  Edward  Paine,  Joseph  Slocum,  Robert  Kendall,  who  is  m.,  has  fam- 
ily, is  a  Methodist  preacher,  and  is  now  located  at  Wilmington,  Will  Co., 
111.,  Andrew  Tracy  Lathrop  d.,  and  Tracy  Lathrop.  We  expected  a  full 
record  of  this  branch  of  the  family  from  Rev.  Robert  Iv.  above,  who  is  in- 
terested in  the  genealogy  of  the  family,  but  it  has  not  reached  us. 

7.  William  Bibbins,  of  Windham,  m.  Louisa  Simons,  dau.  of  Nathan^ 
April  23,  1769;  he  d.  Jan  31,  or  Feb.  1,  1805,  aged  59;  she  d.  Dec.  27, 
1805,  aged  61.  Chil.:  Ckmsa,  b.  Nov.,  1769,  d.  Jan.  2,  1848,  aged  78, 
unm. ;  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  16,  1771 ;  (9)  Erastus,  bajjt.  April  18,  1773;  Bela, 
bapt.  Nov.  12,  1775;  Israel,  bapt.  Nov.  2, 1777,  m.  Mary  Robinson,  Sept. 
12,  1799  ;  Septer ;  (10)  Elijah,  bapt.  Oct.  17,  1784 ;  TnjpJiena,  b.  June 
10,  1787,  d.  in  Hartford  Jan.  15,  1860;  Amy.  An  infant  child  of  Wil- 
liam Bibbins  d.  Dec.  22, 1780. 

8.  Benjamin  Bibbins,  of  Windham,  at  the  age  of  16,  enlisted  in  the 


GENEALOGY.  99 

Army  of  the  Revolution,  where  he  served  six  months.  He  m.  Clarissa 
Gary,  dau.  of  Nathaniel,  Dec.  31,  1789  ;  he  d.  May,  1858,  aged  92  ;  she  d. 
Jan.  19,  1860,  aged  93.  Chil. :  Zerviah,  b.  Jan.  10,  1791,  d.  May  12> 
1791 ;  Clarissa,  b.  Sept.  12,  1792,  m.  Henry  Huntington,  Esq.,  and  is  lir- 
ing  a  wid.  at  Colchester.  Ct. ;  Lticia.,  h.  April  1,  1795,  m.  Thomas  Bald- 
win ;  Marcia.  b.  Aug.  18,  1798,  living  in  East  Hartford ;  Nathaniel  Ckry, 
b.  May  7,  1800,  m.  Esther  Williams,  he  d.  Jan.  20,  1847,  his  wid.  m.  Mr. 
Buell,  who  d.  ;  she  resides  in  Windham  ;  Lucretia,  b.  1803,  d.  June,  1806  ; 
Laura,  b.  1806,  m.  Samuel  Tripp,  of  East  Hartford,  d.  there  1838  ;  31aria, 
b.  Nov.,  1811,  d.  Aug.,  1853. 

9.  Erastus  Bibbins,  of  Windham,  m.  1st,  Phila  Kingsbxiry,  Jan.  1, 
1799  ;  she  d.  Feb.  3,  1804 ;  m.  2d,  Berthia  Ford,  March  21,  1806  ;  he  d. 
Feb.  28,  1843,  aged  79.  Chil.  by  1st  wife:  Slowell,  b.  April  26,  1800,  was 
killed  by  being  blown  up  in  a  powder  mill  at  Manchester,  aged  about 30; 
Phila^  b.  Aug.  25,  1803,  m.  Royal  Lincoln.  Chil.  by  2d  wife;  William^ 
b.  Dec.  13,  1806,  d.  Sept.  9,  1808  ;  Lj/dia  Davison,  b.  May  3,  1808,  m. 
Lucius  H.  Denison,  lives  in  Illinois  ;  William  Henry,  m.  Miranda  (Ful- 
ler) Ross,  no  family,  lives  in  AVinnebago  county.  111.;  Lucius,  b.  March 
27,  1815,  m.  Lydia  Caroline  Ewing.  April  14,  1843,  no  chil.,  lives  iu 
Windham,' Backroad  District ;  .SwsaH,  b.  May  26, 1820,lives  in  Illinois,unm^ 

10.  Elijah  Bibbins,  of  Windham  m.  Lydia  Parish,  Sept.  23,  1810, 
(she  b.  July  8,  1793) ;  he  d.  Nov.  13,  1831.  Chil. :  Jane  E.,  b.  July  13, 
1S13,  m.  Daniel  Studley,  Dec.  19,  1832,  has  family  and  resides  in  Hart- 
ford, Ct.  We  are  much  obliged  to  her  for  records  and  information  in  re- 
gard to  some  branches  of  the  flimily  ;  William  W.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1815,  m. 
Julia  A.  Alvord,  May  2,  1836,  and  has  dau.  Frances  E.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1840  ; 
Edwin  S.,  b.  March  23,  1818  ;  Sarah  W.,  b.  April  3,  1821,  m.  Donald 
Woodhouse,  Dec.  2,  1842,  he  d.  Feb.  2,  1861,  1  chil.,  d. ;  Louisa  A.,  h. 
ApriJ  28,  1823,  m.  Robinson  Randall,  and  had  chil,.,  he  d. ;  Martha  C,  b 
March  1,  1828,  m.  Edward  Norton,  of  Guilford,  has  chil. ;  Thomas  A.,  b. 
July  16,  1829,  d.  same  month ;  Alary  E.,  b.  July  13,  1831,  m.  George 
Redway. 


BIDLACK. 

The  name  is  first  written  in  Windham  records  Bidlake,  afterwards 
BiDLACK.  We  have  but  few  fragmentary  records,  and  very  little  knowl- 
edge of  the  family,  a  branch  of  which  early  emigrated  to  the  Susquehan- 
na lands  in  Pennsylvania,  (then  claimed  by  Connecticut.)  some  of  whom 
were  involved  in  the  AVyoming  massacre,  and  whose  names,  in  connection 
with  the  terrible  scenes  enacted  in  that  settlement,  have  become  histor- 
ical. 

1.  Christopher  Bidlack,  the  common  ancestor  of  the  Windham  fam- 


»W  HISTORY   OT   ANCIENT   WINDHAM, 

•ily,  appeared  in  that  part  of  tli«  town  which  is  now  Hampton,  on  or  be- 
iore  1722,  and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  that  section.  He  was  a 
married  man,  somewhat  advanced  in  years  when  he  came  to  Windham. 
We  find  no  account  cf  his  first  purchase,  and  perhaps  he  inherited  the 
land  from  some  of  the  earlier  proprietors  who  were  non-residents.  W« 
Lave  been  unable  to  learn  from  whence  he  came,  or  any  particulars  re- 
specting his  origin.  Oct.  29, 1722,  he  gave  to  his  son  Benjamin  his  homo 
farm  situated  in  the  north-east  part  of  Windham.  Sarah,  his  wife,  d.  Nov. 
25, 1739,  aged  74  ;  he  d.  Feb.  23,  1740-41,  aged  80.  Chil. :  (2)  B<  njamin ; 
.and  (probably)  Mary,  who  ra.  Ebenezer  Jennings,  the  first  male  child  b. 
in  Windham,  and  had  a  dau.  Mary,  who  m.  the  first  Thomas  Snell,  of 
Windham,  and  was  the  ancestress  of  the  Ashford  and  Union  Snell  families. 

2.  Benjamin  Bidlack  was  a  merchant,  and  perhaps  the  first  one  in  the 
Hampton  part  of  the  town.  He  m.  Lj'dia  Abbe,  dau.  of  the  first  John  of 
Windham,  Sept.  4,  1722  ;-  he  d.  Feb.  3,  1740-41.  Their  chil.  were  :  Sa- 
raA,  b.  Nov.  24,  1723,  m.  Nathaniel  Flint ;  (3)  Benjamin^  b.  July  10, 
1725 ;  James,  1st,  b.  Jan.  3,  1726-7,  d.   March  29,  1728  ;    (4)  James,  2d, 

b.  Oct.  28,  1728  J  John,  b.  Oct.  28,   1730,  m.  Mary  ,  had  John,  who 

d.  Aag.  8,  1776,  and  Amos,!).  May  19,  1754,  d.  Aug.  23, 1777 ;  Mary,  1st, 
b.  July  29,  1732,  d.  Feb.  27,  1732-3  ;  Marj^,.2d,  b.  Dec.  4, 1733  ;  Lydia,  b. 
Jan.  8,  1736-7,  m.  Asa  Farnham,  settled  in  Ashford  ;  BetMa^  b.  May  22, 
1738,  m.  Christopher  Davison  ;  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  26,  1741. 

3.  Benjamin  Bidlack,  Jr.,  m.  Edeth  Spaulding,  Nov.  11,  1742,  and 
had  the  following  chil.  recorded  in  Windham  :  (5)  JonalJian,  b.  Nov.  19, 
1744 ;  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  14,  1746-7,  d.  Jan.,  1751 ;  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  29,  1748, 
d.  Jan.  15,  1751. 

4.  Capt.  James  Bidlack,  sen.  We  do  not  find  the  record  of  his  family 
in  Windham  records,  and  incline  to  the  opinion  that  he  lived  in  one  of  the 
adjoining  towns  before  he  emigrated,  perhaps  Canterbury.*  He  settled 
in  the  beautiful  Wyoming  valley,  but  at  what  period  we  know  not.  He 
participated  in  the  eventful  scenes  that  have  rendered  this  locality  ever 
memorable  in  our  annals.  On  the  day  of  the  massacre,  July  3,  1778,  he 
"commanded  a  company  of  aged  men  and  kept  garrison  in  the  fort  at 
Plymouth,"  says  Miner.  He  was  taken  prisoner  the  next  year  by  the 
Indians,  and  was  not  released  until  peace,  in  1783.  Who  he  m.  we  kaow 
aot,  and  how  many  chil.  he  had  is  not  ascertained.  He  had  certainly : 
(6)  James ;  (7)  Benjamin,  and  another  son,  name  not  found,  who  was 
taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Long  Island  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and 
starved  to  death  in  prison ;  Sarah,  who  m.  Stephen  Fullerf  who  was 
killed  by  the  Indians  was  probably  the  dau.  of  Capt.  James  Bidlack,  sen. 

*  Since  the  above  was  written  we  find,  by  referpnce  to  our  notes  on  Wind- 
ham land  records,  that  James  and  Mehitable  Bidlack  were  of  Caiiierbury,1758. 
This,  of  course,  was  James  Bidlack,  sen. 

t  Stephen  Fuller,  according  to  the  account  in  the  "  Abbot  Family,"  p.  65, 
was,  with  others,  taken  by  the  Indians  in  the  Wycming  battle,  July  3, 1778, 


GENEALOGY.  101 

5.  Jonathan  Bidlack,  of  Windham,  m.  Hannah  Cutler,  April  22, 1767  ; 
the  d.  1785.  Chil.:  Eunice,  b.  Feb.  9,  1768  ^  Olive,  b.  Dec.  1, 17^9  ;  Asa, 
b.  Oct.  9,  1771 ;  Mary,  b.  April  27,  1773 ;  Ralph,  b.  Oct.  2,  1774 ;  Jona- 
ihan,  b.  Sept.  19,  1776  ;  Oliver,  b.  April  29, 1778  ;  Edeth,  b.  Jan.  22, 1780. 

6.  Capt.  James  Bidlack,  jr.,  commanded  a  company  in  the  Wyoming 
battle,  and  was,  according  to  the  most  reliable  accounts,  killed  at  the 
head  of  his  men.*  Hem.  Abigail  Fuller,  dau.  of  Stephen,  of  Windham 
(Hampton),  and  had  two  chil. :  Benjamin  and  SMibael,  according  to  Hon. 
Stewart  Pearce,  of  Wilksbarre,  if  w-e  rightly  understand  him  in  a  private 
Bote  to  the  writer.  This  Benjamin  he  says  was  the  father  of  Hon.  Benj. 
Alden  Bidkck,  which  does  not  seem  to  agree  with  other  accounts. 

7.  Rev.  Benjamin  Bidlack  figures  quite  prominently  in  the  history  of 
Wyoming.  Peck  says  he  "  came  to  Wyoming  at  an  early  period  with  his 
father,  mother  and  several  brothers.  He  served  his  country  under  Gen. 
Washington  through  nearly  the  entire  period  of  the  Revolutionary  war ; 
finally  became  a  Methodist  preacher ;  was  for  many  years  a  most  labori- 
ous and  successful  minister  of  the  gospeL" 

Miner,  in  his  history  of  Wyoming,  after  speaking  of  the  Rev.  Benjamin 
Bidlack  in  a  note,  says:  "  May,  1845.  The  worthy  old  patriot  still  lireB, 
blessed  with  abundance,  and  the  evening  of  his  life  is  cheered  by  the  well- 
led  to  a  wheat  field,  where  tlie  Ladians  piled  around  them  sheaves  of  wheat  and 
burned  them  to  death.  The  aocount  continues  :  "The  fort  was  surrounded  and 
taken,  the  men  cut  to  pieces^nd  the  women  and  children  perished  in  the  flames 
of  the  barracks.  A  few  escaped  by  flight.  Mrs.  Fuller,  with  some  others,  went  in 
qoats  aown  tht^Susquel  anna  toNorthumberland.and  in  about  fourteen  days  re- 
turned to  the  battle  field  to  seek  the  body  of  her  husband.  She  found  the  heads 
of  the  men  scalped  and  theu:  bodies  so  cut.bruised,torn  and  altered  by  the  sum- 
mer heat,thatshe  could  not  recognize  an  individual.  From  this  distressing  scene 
she  went  to  her  home,  hoping  to  obtain  some  clothing  and  provision  ;  buttha 
Indians  and  tories  had  been  there.  The  feathers  of  her  bed  were  emptied  on 
the  floor,  and  her  bedding,  clothes,  furniture  and  provision  all  taken  away. 
About  the  evening  twilight  she  went  to  the  river,  and  called  to  the  boatmen 
to  take  her  across  ;  but  Ihey,  fearing  there  might  be  Indians  or  tories  lying  in 
wait  to  kill  them  would  net  go  for  her.  She  therefore  passed  alone  the  anx- 
ious, fearful  night.  Soon  after  she  returned  to  Hampton,  Ct.,  on  horseback, 
accompanied  by  her  only  daughter.  Polly,  two  or  three  years  old,  who  after* 
wards  married  Judge  Ebenezer  Griflin."  She  m.  for  her  2d  husband,  Asa  Ab- 
bott. The  above  account  is  not  considered  wholly  reliable  by  those  who  have 
investigated  the  matter  caiefullj.  A  correspondent,  who  has  given  much  at- 
tention to  the  subject,  says :  "The  sentence  tliat  mentions  the  surrounding 
and  taking  of  the  fort,  and  the  perishing  of  the  women  and  children  in  the 
flames  of  the  barracks,  I  am  fully  satisfied  is  entirely  untrue  ;  and  I  also  sus- 
pect that  the  burning  of  Stephen  Fuller,  jr.,  in  the  wheat  field  was  an  error, 
for  the  third  of  July  is  an  exceedingly  early  date  for  wheat  harvest  in  that  re- 
gion." That  Stephen  Fuller  was  killed  aliout  that  time,  however,  is  quite 
certain. 

*  In  the  history  of  the  Abbot  family  it  is  stated  (p.  55)  that  James  Bidlack 
with  "  Robert  Durkee  and  Samuel  Ransom  were  taken  by  the  Indians  March 
21.  1779."  '-They  stripped  him,  tied  him  to  a  tree,  stuck  him  full  of  sharp 
splints  of  pine  knots,  and,  having  piled  pine  knots  around  him,  set  the  whole 
on  fire  ;  put  the  others  on  the  fire,  and  held  them  down  with  pitchforks,  and 
tortured  them  till  they  expired."  The  above  statement  is  of  doubtful  auth«n- 
ticity,  and  it  is  more  probable  that  Capt.  Bidlack  wag  killed  in  th«  battle.  The 
date  is  wrong,  as  these  men  were  slain,  July  3, 1778. 


102  HISTORY    OF    ANCIENT    WINDHAM. 

merited  fortune  of  liis  son,  the  Hon.  Benjamin  Alden  Bidlack."  Miner> 
previous  to  1845,  calls  him  over  four  score  years  old. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Bidlack  m.  Lydia  Alden,  dau.  of  Maj.  Prence,  who  \ra,H 
a  descendant  of  John  Alden,  of  the  Mayflower.  They  had  three  chil.  • 
(8)  Benjamin  Alden,  h.  in  Wyoming  about  1808 ;  SImbael,  d.  y. ;  Lydia, 
dy. 

8.  Hon.  Benjamin  Alden  Bidlack,  was  a  good  lawyer,  and  represent- 
ed Luzerne  Co.,  in  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  in  1834  and  1835.  In 
1840  was  elected  to  Congress  and  served  nntil  1844.  In  1845  he  was 
appointed  by  President  Polk,  minister  to  New  Granada  and  d.  at  Bogo- 
ta in  1848.  He  was  a  man  of  very  fine  personal  appearance,  being  six 
feet  in  hight,  well  formed,  with  black  flowing  hair  and  black  eyes.  He 
m.  1st  Frances  Stewart,  had  one  child  which  with  the  mother  died 
soon  after  its  birth  ;  m.  2d  Matilda  Wallace  and  had  eijrht  chil :  Wallace, 
is  a  surveyor,  U.  S.  Army;  James,  is  in  California;  Benjamin,  is  in  the 
army  ;  Mary,  m.  a  Philadelphia  merchant  named  Reed  ;  Pet,  ra.  a  Reed  ; 
Blanch,  and  another  dau,  name  not  given,  live  with  their  mother  in 
Philadelphia. 

Shubael  Bidlack,  whom  Mr.  Pearce  calls  son  of  James  Bidlack,  jr., 
m.  and  had  a  son,  name  unknown,  who  was  a  lawyer  in  New  York  city  ; 
m.  2d  Abigail  (Alden)  Jameson,  dau.  of  Maj.  Prence  Alden  and  wid. 
of  John  Jameson,  and  by  her  had  three  chil.:  John,  m.  Martha  Hicks,  and 
had  three  chil :  John  who  d.  single,  Jameson,  who  m.  has  a  large  family, 

lives  in  Luzerne,  Co.,  Penn.,  and  Maria,  who  m. Lockhart,  is  a  wid. 

has  three  chil.,  two  sons,  both  Captains  m  the  army ;  Shuhael,  d.  y. ; 
Lydia,  d.  y. 


BILL, 

Roswell  Bill,  m.  Rebeckah  Burge  or  Burgess,  Nov.  20,  1777.  He  d. 
in  Chaplin,  Oct.  13,  1830,  aged  77  ;  she  d.  in  Braintree,  Vt..  Jan.  17,  1834, 
aged  77.  Chil:  Eunice,  b.  Jan.  17,  1779  ;  Elisha,  b.  Jan.  31,  1782,  m.  Bet- 
eey  Trowbridge,  Dec.  24,  1801,  d.  Dec.  17,  1857  aged,  75,  she  d.  April 
22,  1843,  aged  70 ;  Amanda,  b.  Jan.  21,  1784 ;  Esther,  b.  March  24,  1791. 


« 

BILLINGS. 

Rev.  William  Billings,  son  William  and  Prudence  Billings,  b.  in 
Preston,  Ct.,  Feb.  15,  1697,  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1720,  m.  Bethia 
Otis,  dau.  of  Joseph  Otis,  Esq.,  of  Massachusetts,  about  1724,  and  had 
eWl:  WiUiam,h.  March  18,1725,  d.  Dec.  7,    1732;  Bethia,  b.  Nov.  4, 


KfiNEALOGY.  108 

1727  ;  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  8,  1729  ;  Patience,  b.  June  3,  1731,  d.  Dec.  17, 
1732  ;  Patience,  ^d,  bapt.  Aug.  8,  1733.  The  Rey.  William  Billings,  was 
ordained  first  pastor  of  tbe  Second  Church  in  Windham  (now  Hampton) 
June  5, 1723,  and  was  pastor  about  10  years  until  his  death,  May  20,  1733, 
at  the  age  of  30.  His  wid.  m.  Rev.  Samuel  Mosely,  the  second  pastor  of 
the  {same  church. 


ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS. 


We  inadvertently  say  that  John  Abbe,  son  of  Ebenezer,  jr,,  (No.  10,  p.  19), 
and  John,  son  of  Gideon,  (No  12,  p,  20,)  both  m.  Dorothy  Bugbee.  Though 
we  cannot  determine  positively  which,  yet  we  consider  it  more  probable  that 
it  was  the  former  who  m.  her. 

Jacob  Abbe,  probably  son  of  Ebenezer.  jr.,  with  his  wife  Sarah,  dan.  of  John 
Richardson,  of  Windham  (Hampton  Society),  were  at  Westminster,  West- 
chester Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  23,  1767. 

Shubael  Abbe  (No.  15,  p.  21)  was,  it  seems,  a  pretty  early  abolitionist.  On 
the  14th  of  August,  1779,  "  in  consideration  of  a  late  act  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly, enabling  masters  to  free  and  discharge  their  slaves,"  "makes  free  and 
fully  emancipates  two  certain  negro  slaves,  with  their  issue,  viz  :  one  called 
Primus,  and  one  called  Jude,  which  I  purchased  of  Joshua  Abbe." 

Emma,  dau.  of  Elisha  Abbe  (No,  18,  p.  24),  d.  in  Windham,  Jan.  9,  1864,aged 
nearly  79. 

Mr.  Clevelajjd  Abbe  furnished  us  partial  ref^ords  of  the  descendants  of 
Thomas,  of  Enfield,  but  they  were  so  incomplete  and  fragmentary  we  decided 
not  to  include  them. 

Mary,  wife  of  William  Allen  (No,  1,  p.  31),  d.  1776,  not  1666. 

Isaac  Allerton',  a  descendant  of  Isaac,  of  the  Mayflower  .lived  in  the  north- 
east corner  of  Windham  (now  Hampton),  near  Appaquag,  where,  by  wife  Lu- 
cy, he  had  dau.  Alice,  b.  May  23,  1765. 

Mead  Alkrton,  Esq.,  of  Newark,  N.  Y.,  is  collecting  a  history  of  his  family. 

Luther  Anderson^,  pi'obably  son  of  George  (No.  2,  p.  41),  by  wife  Sally  had 
5arepto,b.  July  7,  1804  ;  Salome,h.  Aug.  25,  1805;  Luther  Clark,  b.  May  16, 
1807 ;  Samuel  Dwight,  b.  June  22,  1810. 

Thomas  Andrews,  of  Windham,  by  wife  Mary  had  Thomas,  b.  March  1, 
1723-4. 

Isaac  Andrews  or  A^^)R^s,  from  Norwich ,  had  Jeremiah,  b.  in  Windham, 
Jan.  15,  1656.  Also  Joseph,  b.  in  Norwich,  May  16,  1754,  and  Abia,  b.  in  Nor- 
wich, May  7,  1758. 


l04  HISTORY  or   ANCIENT   WINDHABf. 

The  following  additioual  particulars  respecting  the  Arnold  family  were  re* 
eeired  too  late  to  be  insert  d  in  their  proper  place. 

Mizdbeth  Arnold,  dau.  of  John,  (No.  1,  p;  43)  m.  Tho-zeas  Huntington,  2d,  of 
Mansfield,  Sept.  6.  1711. 

John  Arnold  (No.  6,  p.  43) ,  d.  1807.    Bridget,  his  wife,  d.  in  Vermont,  about 

1810.    Eleanor,  their  dau.,  m. Huntington,  perhaps  David,  and  lived  in 

Bethel,Vt;  John,  their  son,  m.  in  New  Jersey,  didbusines&in  New  York.went  to 
London,  Eng. ;  Bridget,  m.  Arad  Simons,  lived  in  Lebanon,  N,  H.,  had  13  chil., 
lived  to  the  age  of  94  ;  Jason,  probably  d.  y. ;  Alice,  m.  Richard  Hall,  not  Bei- 
thuel,  settled  in  New  Haven,  Vt.,  d.  there. 

Isaac  Arnold  (No.7,p.44),b.  May  27, 1764 ;  he  d.  Jan.  30,1841  ;  Sally,his  wife, 
d,  Aug.  16, 1839.  Sophia,  their  dau.,  m.  Experience  Storrs,  had  family,  lived  iff 
Mansfield,  on  "  Chestnut  Hill"  ;  Maria,  m.  Simeon  Woodworth,  had  2  chil.  ; 
Julia,  m.  Maj.  Isaac  Church,  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  where  they  now  reside,  has  2 
chil. ;  John,xa.  1st,  Emma  Whiting,  of  Lisle,  N.  Y.,  m.  2d,  Deborah  Turner,  of 
Owego,  N.  Y.,  is  ajjracticing  physician,  had  one  dau, ;  Fanny,  living  in  Mans- 
field, unm. 

Amelia  S.  Arnold,  dau.  of  Capt.  Charles,  m.  John  G.  Barrows,  settled  m 
Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  he  d.  leaving  3  chil. 

Last  line,,  page  46,  Francis  should  be  Francea. 

Nathaniel  Babcock,  son  of  John  (No.  5,  p.  53),was  atWoodstock.March  29;175I.- 
Jotiathan,  Babcock,  probably  brother  of  the  above,  w;>.-  at  Pomfret  in  7153, 
AustaniaBahcooik,  dau.  of  Elijah,  of  Coventry,  (No.  11,  p.  54),  omitted  from? 
the  proper  place,  was  b.  Oct.  13,  1833,  was  a  teacher  in  Providence  in  1863. 

The  dau-  of  Isaac  &:  and  Charlotte  (Backus)  Wilson,  who  m.  Melancthoiy 
Turner,  should  be  Eliza  A.,  and  not  Charlotte.  See  the  family  of  Luther 
Backus  (No.  10,  p.  60). 

John  Ba«kus,  son  of  John,  jr.,  (No.  14,  p.  61,)  was  at  Stratford,  1751  and  1752. 

The  2d  wife  of  DeLit^ena  Backus,  son  of  Johm,  jr.,  (No.  14,  p.  61,)  was  Tempe- 
Waters,  not  Temple. 

/erMsAorBadger,  dau.  of  Joseph,  (p.  64.)  who  m. Elliott,  d.  April  9,  1864. 

The  name  of  Raymond  Baldwin's  youngest  sen  is  Jerome.    See  No.  7,  p.  72. 

Miezur,  not  Eliza,  is  the  name  of  the  first  child  of  Robert  and  Ruth  (Bonum) 
Barrows,  p.  74. 

Lemuel  Barrows,  son  of  Lieut.  Thomas  (No.  5p.75),whom.  Hannah  More  (not 
Moore)  Storrs,  settled  in  Vermont,  we  believe.  He  m.  for  his  2d  wife  the  wid. 
of  Jeptha  Fitch,  1830,  not  his  wid.  m.  Jeptha  Fitch,  as  in  the  text. 

Pkakez  Barrows  (No.  24,  p.  80)  was  first  m.  May  8, 1820. 

Dan  Barrows,  son  of  Dan  (No.  21,  p.  80),  was  m.  June,  1851,  not  1850. 

William  Beacmont,  of  Windham,  m.  Sarah  Everit,  Dec.  29, 1747. 


IN0EX. 


INDEX    TO  WIVES. 


TIGS. 

Abbe  Hannah  (wid.)      14 

Abbe,  Abigail  (wid.) 

15 

Abbe,  Rachel 

19 

Abbe,  Lucretia, 

64 

Abbe,  Lydia 

100 

Abbot,  Tryphena 

46 

Adams,  Anna 

36 

Agard,  Lydia 

24 

Alden,  Ruth 

90 

Aldeu.Lvdia 

102 

Allen,  Alary                18 

,34 

Allen.  Mary  (wid.) 

31 

Allen,  Sarah        34,  4£ 

,52 

Allen,  Rachel 

45 

Allen,  Assenath 

73 

Allen,  Desire 

92 

Allen,  Waity 

92 

Alvora,  Julia  A. 

99 

Ames,  Silence 

18 

Ame.s,  Desire 

37 

Andrews,  Mary  Ann  27,28 

Andrew,  Susan  A.  8'i 

Annable,  Anna  66 

Armstrong,  Nancy,  56 

Armstrong,  Sarah  D.  80 

Arnold,  Delia  42 
Arnold,  Hannah        48,  53 

Arnold,  Mary  6^ 

Arnold,  Sarah  7U 

Arnold,  Rebecca  78 

Arnold,  Elizabeth  M.  79 

Arnold,  Amelia  S.  85 

Ashley,  Emily  80 

Atwood,  Amanda  29 

Avery,  Lucy  25 

Avery.  Harriet  57 

Babcock,  Anna  32 

Babcock,  Achsah  48 

Babcock,  Tryphena  53 

Babcock,  Lydia  77 

Babcock,  Nancy  81 

Babcock,  Sallinda  96 

Backus,  Lydia  59 

Badger,  Laura  46 
14 


Baily, 

Balch.  Ruth 
Balch,  Mary 
Baldwin,  Harriet 
Baldwin.  Mary 
Barker,  Sarah 
Barker,  Eli'beth 
BarLS.  Julia  A. 
Barrows,  Julia 
Barrows,  Mary 
Bavrows,  Almira 
Barrows.  Abigail 
Barrows.  Julia 
Barrows,  Delia 
Barrows,  Sally 
Barrows.  Sarah 
Barton,  Emily  M. 
Bass.  Tryphena 
Bemis,  Ruth 
Bennet,  Mary       26, 
Bennet,  Sarah 
ckford,  Abigail 
ngham,  Mary   16, 
ngham,  Miriam 
ngham,  Ruth 
ngham,  Nabby 
ngham.  Sarah 
ngham,  Abigail 
ngham,  Amie 
ngham,  Polly 
Blake,  Lydia 
B 1  anchard,Susanna 
Bliss,  Frances 
Bliven,  Maria! 
Bliven,  Elizabeth 
Blossom,  Ruth 
BoDum.  Ruth 
Borden,  Joanna 
Botton,  Abigail 
Bottom,  Lucy 
Bowen.  Henrietta 
Bragg,  Belinda 
Brefd,  MeJenda 
Brewster,  Eunice 


FAGR.T  PACB. 

66'Brown.  Susanna  32 

20  Brown,  Hannah  (wid  )  28 
41,85 
63 
63 
87 
96 
73 
69 
19,20 


94'Bro\vn,  Abigail 
48'Brown,  Hannah 
67iBrown,  Rebecca 

26,27 1  Brown,  Mary  K. 

53,  73  Brown,  Marina 
89  Broughton.  Hannah 

49  Browning,  Ellen 
53,  95'Bugbee.  Dorothy 

68  Bui-bank.  Mary  (wid) 
87|Burgess,  Freelove 
88  Burgess.  Mary 
92^Burge.  Rebeckah 
95:Burnet,  Assenath 

95  Burnham.  Elizabeth 

96  Burnham,  Achsah 
23  Burnham.  Lora  Ann 

50  Burt,  Mehitable 
77,  89Bushnell.  Rachel 

59  Cady,  Alice 

27  Cadv.  Bridget 
22,  6]  Cady,  Sarah 

21  Campbell,  Sybil 

37  Carver,  Susannah 

44  Carter.  — — 
61,  73  Cary.  Mercy 

63  Cary.Dianthy 

69  Cary,  Rebecca 
87  Cary,  Mary 
57  Cary.  Clarissa 

(wi)90  Case,  Mercy 
29  Case,  Jerusha 


32  Case,  Sarah  Jane 
64  Caulkins,  Anna 
88  Champlin,  Hannah 
74  Champlin.  Mary 
93  Chandler,  Jemima 
38  Chandler.  Hannah 
66  Chester,  Lucy 

84  Chillcoat.  Sarah 

85  Church,  Eunice 
84  Church.  Mary 
97lChurch,  Elizabeth 


49 
27 
62 
102 
S9 
20 
47 
47 
62 
34 
35 
43 
94 
S4 
37 
93 
66 
67 
33,68 
92 
99 
31 
48 
81 
66 
57 
67 
19 
26 
21 
33 
21 
48 
91 


106 


IHDVL 


TAon 
60 
60 
73 
81 
36 
86 
92 
60 
84 
77 
25 
47 

(Jopelaiid.  Eliza  Maria  79 
91 


Clark,  Zerriah 
Clark,  Mary  Jane 
Clark,  Sally 
Clark,  Eineline  J. 
Cleveland,  Mary 
Cleveland,  Lydia 
Clift,  Nancy 
Coburn,  Lois  A. 
Cogshall,  Nancy 
Coleman.  Wealthy 
Colgate,  Charlotte 
Collins,  Hannah 


25,55 
73 
75, 
92 
45 
45 

45.46 


Cook,  Phebe 
Crane,  Anna 
Crane,  Zerviah 
Crane.  Abigail 

Crandall, 

Cresey,  Ruth 
Cresey.  SanUi 
CresHy.  Mary 
Crosby,Experience(wd)30 
Crosby,  Assenath 
Cross,  Elizabeth 
Cross,  Trypheua 
Cross,  Mary 
Cross.  Eleanor 
Grossman,  Eunice 

Cummings 

Cushman,  Sarah 
Cutler,  Hannah 
Cutting.  Lydia 
Davis.  Ruth 
Delany,  Betsey 
Denison,  Han>iah 
Denison,  Aiiu 
Denison,  Sarah 
Denison,  Katie 
Denison.  Prudence 
Devotion,  Lucy 
Dimock,  Mary 
Dimock,  Joanna 
Dimock.  Sally 
Dodge,  Sarah 
Dodge,  Jennie 
Dorman,  Lorinda 
Dow.  Hannah 
Drownes,  Frances 

Dunham. 

Dunham,  Lydia 
Dunham.  Hannah 
Dunham,  Elizabeth 
Dunlap,  Mary 
Dunton,  Mary 
Durkee,  Peggy 
Durkee,  Patience 
Dwight.  Anna  B. 
Dyer,  Amelia 
Earns,  Elizabeth 
Edgerton,  Lydia 
Edwards,  Mercy 
Elderkin,  Louisa  R. 
Eldredge,  Abigail 
Eldredge.  Jemima 


Eldredge,  Polly 
Ensworth,  Lucy 
Everit,  Sarah 
Ewing,  Lydia  C. 
Fargo,  Mary 
Farnham,  Sarah 
Fenton,  Abigail 
Fentou ,  Lydia 
Field,  Susan 

Fisher.Laura(Faine)(wi)92 
Fisk,  Sarah  (wid.)  77 

Fitch ,  Lucy  29,  37 

Fitch,  Fanny  62 

Fitch,  Elizabeth 


Fitch,  Lydia  (wid.) 

Flint,  Lu.-y 

Flint,  Laura 

Flint,  Prudence 

Flower,  Eliza 

Follett,  Abigail 

Parker,  Rachel 

Ford,  Bethia 
64  Ford,  Berthia 
43  Foster,  Miranda  A. 
69|  Foster,  Phebe 
83J  Forward,  J^iza 
84  Franklin.  Maria  E. 
96  Freeman,  Abigail 
76  Freeman,  Sarah 
35  Freeman,  Anna 
lOllFreeman,  Temperance   96  Heirick, 


TAOV 

87  Greenslit,  Sarah 

30  Grosvenor,  Marcia 
104  Grow,  Chloe 

99  Guild,  Maria 

31  Gurley,  Julia  M. 
27, 63  Gurley,  Maria 

2  •  Hackstati;  Charlotte 
84  Hall,  Miriam 
69  Hall,  Lydia 

Hall,  Elizabeth 

Hall,  Sibbel 

Hall,  Martha 

Hall,  Mary 
62JHall,  Esther 
69' Hall.  Abigail 

28  Hall,  Delia 
38  Hall,  Deborah 
64  Hamilton,  Eunice 
54  Hanks,  Sophia 
97  Hanks,  Anna  J. 
76  Harris,  Weadhy 
74'Harris,  Harriet 
99  Hartshorn,  Polly 
38  Hartshorn,  Anna 
69l  Hartshorn,  .Sarah 
46  Hay  ward,  Mary 

29  Heoard  Roxalana 
79iHebard, Mary  (wid) 
86  Hebard,  Elizabeth 
86'Hendee,  Sarah 


32  French,  Caroline  E 
70  French.  Silence 
87  Frink,  Jerusha 
28  Frink,  Anna 
32  Frink.  Abby  Eleanor 
38  Fuller,  Abby 

38  Fuller,  Sarah  E. 
43  Fuller.  Alice 
67  Fuller.  Sarah  (wid.) 
59  Fuller,  Mary  Ann 

53,  86  Fuller,  Rebecca 
87  Fuller,  Charlotte 
16  Fuller,  Elizabeth 
54j  Fuller,  Anna 
23|FuUer,  Abigail 
55  Gager,  Lucy 
46|Gainble,  Elizabeth 

39  Gard,  Sarah 
Gardner,  Lucretia 
Gardiner,  Sarah 
Gates,  Mary 
Geary,  Elizabeth 
Gillett,  Mary 
Glover,  Hannah 
Glover,  Susannah 
G<  Idsmith,  Mary 
Goodwin,  Parthenia 
Gordon,  Clarissa 
Granniss,  Eliza 
Graves,  Dorcas 
Graves,  Hannah' 
'^ray,  Hannah. 
Greenleaf,  Elizabeth 


86:Herritage,  Susan 
98  Hewett,  Anna 
32  Hibbert,, Dorcas 
72  Hicks,  Martha 
72' Hi II,  Amy 
24  Hinckley,  Abigail 
25!Hinckl(fy,  Lucia 
28|Holt,  Mary 
28  Holt.  Sarah 
29' Holt,  Phebe 
36  Hopkins,  Sophia 
38  Hovey,  Lucy 
36,  83  Hovey,  Ruth 
95  Hovey,  Mary 
101 1  Hovey,  Abigail  (wid.)    74 


not. 
38 
24 
95 
49 
38 
85 
24 
20 
20 
70 
74 
76 
77 
83 
85 
86 
96 
70 
79 
80 
77 
79 
20 
48 
77 
34 
32 
62 
59 
60 
37 
60 
28 
27 
103 
98 
40 
78 
27 
60 
80 
29 
18 
28 
49 


92  Hovfy,  Dinah  85 

61  Hovey,  Almira  96 

69  Hovey.  Anna  97 

56  Howard,  Mary  90 

58  Howe.  Rebecca  36 

52  Howe,  Sally  44 

27  Hudson,  Abigail  64 

68  Hughes,  Adeline  2i 

44  Humphrey,  Lydia  46 

52  Humphrky,  Elizabeth  46 
12  Hunt'  Anna  95 

35  HuiUington,  Mary  16 

25  Huntington,  Eunice  3S 
89  Huntington,  Sarah  (wi)  46 

26  Huntington, Amanda  A  63 

27  Huntington,  Deborah  69 
27  Huntington,  Polly  71 
63,UuQtiugtoa,  Mehitable  9S 


INDEX. 


107 


Hurley,Elizabeth  (wid)  68 


Hyde,  Lydia  B 
Ingalls,  Esther  (wid) 
Jacobs,  Diantha 
Jacobs.  Elizabeth 
Jacobs,  Mary 
Jackson,  Abby 
Jameson,  Abigail  (wid)102 

Jeucks,  Mary  46 

Jenkins,  Prudence  66 

Jennings,  Mary  15 

Johnson,  Martha  23 

Johnson,  Lucy  24 
Johuson,Elizabeth(wid)35 
Johnson,  Sophuv 
Johnson,  Hannah 
Johnson,  Sally 
Karley,  Rebecca 
Kasson,  Olive 
Kee.  Meribah 
Keigwin,  Mary  Jane 

Ketchum,  Maria  (wid-)  62 

Kimball,  Elizabeth  70 

King,  Agues  49 

King,  Mary  69 

Kingsbury,  Elizabeth  45 

Kingsbury.  Phila  99 

Kinue>  Sarah  56 

Kinne,  Clarissa  57 

Knight,  Sarah  20 

Knight.  Eleanor  52 
Ku'giit.Anua  orllannahTl 

Knoas,  Ellen  A.  88 

Knovrlton,  Mary  17 

Ladd,  Azubab  34 

Ladd,  Hannah  34 

Ladd,  Dorcas  53 

Ladd.  Lydia  (wid)  56 

Lamb,  Margaret  (wid)  33 

Lamphere,  .tlary  64 

Lansing,  Mary  Jane  81 

Larabee,  Mary  By 

Lasell.  Susan  38 

Lathrop,  Elizabeth  42 

Lathrop.  Eliza.  54 

Lathrop,  Eunice  69 

Leach.  Abigail  30 

Learned,  Fanny  24 

Lee.  Maria  82 

Leffingwell.  Eunice  73 

Lillie,  Charlotte  38 

Lincoln,  Temperance  18 

Lincoln.  Hannah  84 

Lindsey,  Catherine  67 

Little,  hdnar  95 

Lonsc,  Mary  56 

Loomis,  Mary  56 

Loomis,  Lucinda  56 
Loomis.  Margaret  (wid)  63 

Loid,  Charlotte  57 

Lull,  Amanda  72 

Lunt,  Mary  63 

Lymaa,  Betsey  60 


Lyman,  Melenda 
Lyon,  Zerviah 
Mallory,  Electa 
Manning.  Elizabeth 
Marsh,  Eunice 


79 
85 
69 

78 

78  Martin,  Betsey  A. (wid.)  92 
79 


Mason.  Lydia  46 

Mayo,  Hannah  76 

McCall.  Molly  56 

McCall.  Martha  94 

McCurdy,  Sarah  92 
McDougal,  Margaret       82 

McGouty,  Enmia  69 

McGouty,  Betsey  72 

Meach.  Lucetta  3& 

Mer.  ill.  Lavenne  57 
Merrit,  Mabel 


56 

56 

85 

65  Merrick,Elizabeth(wid)9 

68" 

93 

81 


Moiison,  Lois 
Merrough.  Mary 
Moore,  Abigail 
Morey,  Eunice  (wid) 
Morse,  Sarah 

Mosely.i'hila  --^ ,  ^ 

Moulton.  Mary  A.(wid.)72  Root.  Lora  Ann 
Moulton.Prudence(widj77JRoss.  Polly 


Porter,  Joanna  7B 

Pratt,  Mary  88 

Pratt,  Sarah  -42 

Pratt.  Elizabeth  68 

Preston,  Sarah  30 

Preston  Elizabeth  64 

Preston,  Hannah  66 

Reed.  Augusta  80 

Reynolds,  Sarah  82 

Richardson,  Sarah  103 

Rickards,  Elizabeth  46 

Ripley,  Abigail  (wid)  16 

Ripley,  Mary  19 

RisJpy.  Elizabeth  P.  86 

Robbins,  Josephine  L  26 

Robbins.  Betsey  46 

Robertson,  Mira  67 

Robertson,  Harriet  71 

Robinson,  Rebeckah  36 

Robinson.  Fear  65 

Robin.'ion,  Jerusha  84 

Robinson.  Mary  98 

f  3  Rogers.  Wealthy  Ann  42 

92!  Root,  Sarah 


Myers.  Jane 
Nwile,  Elizabeth 
JNichols.  Lydia 
Noyes,  Ruth 
jNye.  Lucy 
jOlney.  Mary 
Or'^it.  Sarah 
Otis,  Bethia 
Paddock,  Deborah 
Page,  Mary 
Pain,  Hannah 
Pain,  Mary 
Pain,  Margaret 
Fahner,  Mary 
Palmer,  Cynthia 


57jRoss,  Mir.anda 

90  Royce,  Almira 
25jRussel,  Sophia 
32, Sargent.  Mary  i 
46: Sawyer.  Polly 
46!Sawyer.  Susan  D. 
43|Scripture.  irena, 

102|Scripture,  Tryphcna 
VJ  Seagrave.  Sarah  J. 
57!Segar,  Abigail 

91  Severonce,  Abigail 
91  Shay.  Anna 

94  Shepard.  Louisa    Q. 
16  Silsbv,  Hannah 
32'Silsb>,  Chloe 


Paliner.Elizabeth  35,83.85  Silliman. 


Palmer,  Abigail 
Palmer.  Emma 
Parker,  Eiizabelh 
Parker,  Lora 
Parish,  Dorothy 
Parish,  Lydia 
Parrott,  Alma 
Partons.  Mary 
Piirsons,  Aurelia  C. 
Patridge,  Sarah 
Pease,  Mary 
Peaslee,  Hann.ah 
Perry,  Lydia 
Perry,  Martha 
Phelps,  Naomi 
Phelps,  Esther  (wid) 
Phillips,  Freelove 
Phillips,  Amelia  M. 
Place  Selina  Maria 
Porter,  Elizabeth 
Porter,  MehiUbla 


M. 


26 
84 
35 
99 
87 
66 
43 
48 
60 
39 
63 
81 
32 
15 
38 
83 
17 
67 
97 
62 
60 
98 
84 
77 
83 
83 
95 


76,  78  Simons.  Miriam  (wid) 
83, Simons.  O.ive 
41  Simons.  Louisa 
82  Skinner.  Julia 
91  Slate,  Sally 
99  Slate,  Mary  J. 

80  Slate,  Angeline 
44  Slate.  Mary 

81  Small.  Elizabeth  (note)  33 

33  Smith, 17 

26  Smith.  B;tthsheba  20 

63  Smith.  Julia  E.  39 

37  Smith.  Eizabeth  46 

47  Smith,  Sally  46 

32  Smith ,;Fanny  47 

47|Smith,  Marcia  47 

23  Smith,  Lydia  (57,87 

25  Smith.  Anna  68 

88  Smith,  Elmira  92 

72  Smith.  Esther  9« 

75|Snow,  Lucy  60 


108 


Southworth.  Anna 
Spaulding.  Edeth 
Spencer,  Sarah 
Bpencer.  Elizabeth 
Squire,  Hannah. 

Stannard, 

Stead.  Jauc  R. 
Stedman,  Elizabeth 
Stewart.  Prances 
Storrs,  Rebecca 
Storrs,  Martha 
Storrs,  Hannah  More 

Storrs, 

Storrs.  Sarah 
Storrs.  Mary 
Stow.  Martha 
Stowell,  Jerusha 
Stowell.  Mary  (wid) 
Stowell.  Loray 
Stowell,  Sophia 
Strong,  Ann 
Strong,  Juliette 
Strong.  Mary  Ann 


pir.E 
93 

100  Try  on,  Mary 
54  Turner,  Lucy 
57  Turner,  Elizabeth 

85  Turner.  Jedidah 
92  Turner,  Dorothy 
89  Turner,  Dolly 
27  Turner,  Rebecca 

102  Turner,  Anna 
47  Turner,  Laura     V 
53  Turner.  Hannah 
■75  Turner,  Debordh 
76TuttIe.  Ada 

86  Utiey,  Mary 
96  Utley.  Clarissa 
75  Utley.  Assenath 
27jVetts,  Margaret 
40  Wadswortii,  Sarah 
77iWa!cott.  Lydia 
80,  Wales.  Susanna 
15  Wales.  Jt-rusha 

53  Wal den.  Lydia 

54  Waldo,  Taiitha 


Sweatland,SophroniaE.81  Waldo.  Ruth 


Swett,  Hannah 
Swift,  Lucy 
Swift.  Harriit 
Swift,  Julia 
Swift.  Ruth 
Swift,  Cornelia  S. 
Taintor,  Eliza 
Taylor,  Sarah 


PjiBBl 

Truesdell.Floretta(wid)  81 
18 
49,75 
50,  75 
53 
53 
74 
76 
84 
85 
96 
104 
82 
31 
85 
95 
49 
44 
20 
66 
57 
37 
24 
91 
20 
76 
77 
102 
72 


62    /;ilker.  Keziah 

29  Walker,  Mary 

30  Walker.  Hannah 
57iW^llace.  Matilda 
71 1  Ward.  Nancy 
87  Ward.  Eliza  F. 


Terry,  Penelope  (wid)  26 

Thomas  Catherine  70 

Thomas,  Lydia  94 

Thompson,  Julia  A.  25 

Toplilf,  Sarah  8- 

Tracy,  Lydia  3L 

Tracy.  Lovisa  Sf 

Tracy,    Eunice  9i 

Trowbridge,  Betsey  lOi 


Warriner.  Sarah  (wid)  13 
Washburne,  Lucy  (wid)46 
Waters,  Temi)e  61 

Waterman,  Patty  42 

Webb.  Jerusha  23 

Webster.  Trvphena  (wi)89 
Welch,  Mary  22 

Welch.  Lydia  32 

Welch.  Chloe  57 

Welch,  Sophia  85 

Welch,  Anna  98 


not 
63 

98 
66 
37 
81 
83 
77 
61 
104 
15 
53 
67 
75 
75 
80 
89 
99 
40 
86 
88 
37 
37 
78 
20 
41 
70 
90 
53 
66 
91 
47 
87 

Wrath  or  Worth  Sarah  63 
Wright.  Elizabeth  72 

Wright,  Clara  78 

Wright.  Amanda  M.;  88 
Youie,  Martha  Ann  24 
Young.  Mary  B.(wid.)  22 
Young,  Sar.ah  (wid.)  25 
Young,  Elizabeth  (wid.)71 


Weld,  Mary 
Wells.  Viargaret 
West.  Sylvia 
Wheeler,  Bridget 
Whipple,  Sabnna 
Whipple.  Mary 
White.' Olive  R. 
Whiting.  Sybil 
Whiting.  Emma 
Wilkinson.  Elizabeth 
Williams,  Mary 
Williams.  Elizabeth 
Williams,  Eunice 
Williams.  Maria 
Williams,  Betsey 
Williams,  Nancy 
Williams.  Esther 
Willi^  Sarah 
Willis.  Lucinda 
Wilson.  Charlotte E. 
Witter.  Rhoda 
Witter.  Betsey 
Wolf.  Elizabeth 
M^ood,  Mary 
Wood.  Ruth 
Wood.  Mary 
Wood.  Sarah 
Woodward,  Lydia 
Woodward    Sarah 
Woodward,  Hannah 
Woodworth,  Lucy 
Woolfskill.  Juana 


INDEX  TO  HUSBANDS  OF  WIDOWS  AND  DAUGHTERS. 


Abfee,  Ebenezer 
Abbe,  Nathan 
Abbe,  Joshua  sen. 
Abbe.  Joshua,  Jr. 
Adams.   Thomas 
Adams,  Asa 
Allen,  David 
Allen.  Isaac, 
Allen,  Timothy 
Allen,  Amos,  Jr. 
Angell,  John 
Armstrong.  Geo.  B. 
Armstrong,  Leander 
Armstrong,  — - 
Arnold,  Ansel 
Ashley,  Abuer 


PAGE.  P.\r,Fj 

81 'Ashley.  Samuel  931 

40  Aspenwall 941 

6rAtwood.  Jonathan  431 

91  Atwood,  Warren  72| 

28  Atwood.  John  80' 

36' Averill.  William  94 

20  Avery  William  72 

35  Ayers,  Nathan  72 

36'Babcock,  Gideon  54 

56|Babcock  John  73 

43  iBabcock,  David  77 

44!Babcock.  Stanton  78 

60;Back.  Judah  23 

63iBacon.  Darius  92 

80'Badger.  Edmund  20 

2SJBaker,  John  83 


>AGK 

Bailey,  Samnel  25 

Balch,  Israel  43 

Baldwin,  PUijah  34 

Baldwin,  Thomas  99 

Barrows'  Pharez  42 

Barrows.  Gardiner  44 

Barrows,  Robert  P.  44 
Barrows. Rev.  Sylvester  79 


Barrows.  James 
Barrows.  Asa 
Barrows.  John  G. 
Barrett.  Professor 
Bass,  Eleazer 
Bass,  Dea.  Waldo 
Bassett;  Nathan 
Beach,  Walter  W. 


80 
84 
104 
75 
37 
80 
70 
S8 


i>}»EX. 


10'9 


Seckwith,  Charles  W 
Bemis,  Jaines 
Benjamiu,  John 
Benuett,  Asa 
Bennett,  Ira 
Bennett,  Ebeneaer 
Benton,  Alfred 
Benton,  Levi 
Bidlack,  Benjamin 
Bill,  Park  A. 
Bingham,  JonathanJr. 
Bingham,  Ezra 
Bingham,  Nathaniel 
Bingham.  Jesse 
Bishop,  Dea.  Reuben 
Bhusdell,  Professor 
BoUes,  J.  R. 
Booth,  J.  Leonard 

Boynton, 

Bradford,  Benjamin 
Brainard,   Martin 
Bramin,  Bradley. 
Branch,  Levi 
Branch,  Wm.  H. 
Branch,  J.  Douglas 
Brewster,  Asa 
Brown,  Jonathan 
Brown,  James 
Brown,  Richard 
Brown,  John,  sen. 
Brown,  Joseph  H. 
Brown,  Jabe-^ 
Browning,  Gideon 
Buckingham,  Samuel 
Bullard,  James 
Bumpa-,  Levi 
Bundy  — ^ 
Burnap,  Jonathan 
Burnett,  James 
Burnham.  Rufus 
Burnham,  William 
Burnham,  Joseph 
Burnham,  Andrew 
Butler,  Rufus 
Butts,  John 
Campbel  Zuriel         74 
Campbell.  Andrew 
Canada,  Krastus 
Capen,  Elder  John 
Cary,  John  2d 
Cary,  Waldo 
Cary,  D  wight 
Chamberlain,  John 
Chamberlain,  Geo.  M. 
('hampion,  Rcmick  W. 
Champliu,  Charles 
Chandler,  John 
Chandler,  — - 
Charter,  Lemuel  A. 
Chase,  Hiram 
(Cheney,  Joseph         56, 
'vhittenden,  Israel 
Church,  Amasa 
Church,  Jeremiah 
15 


P.4GB 

92' Church,  Maj.  I^aac 

45  Clark,  John 
61  Clark,  Nathaniel 
75  Clark,  James  M. 
77,  Clark,  Thaddeus 

77  Clark,  Nelson 

46  Clark,  Daniel 
46  Coburn,  Robert 
15  Coggshall,  Rescom 

78  Coggswell,  Samuel 
18  Coiiant,  Nelson 
30  Conant,  Caleb,  Jr. 
66  Congdon,  John 
75  Converse,  A.  T. 
30  Corey,  Benjamin 

35  Crane,  Jesse 
60  Crane,  Eleazer  B. 
78  Crane,  Jonathan 
95  Crane,  Harry 

36  Crandall,  Henry 
72  Cresey,  Joseph 
78  Crippin.  Amos 
37|Crocker.  John 
49  Crosby,  Ebenezer 
66  Crosby,  Simon 
64j  Cross,  Daniel 
IslCross,  William 


29  Cross,  Isham 
62  Culver,  Edward 
74  Cummings,  William 
76  Curtis,  Jonathan,  Jr. 
78  Cnrtiss,  William 

66jCurtiss. - 

65|cushman,  E.  M. 
78|Cutler.  Seth 

83  Dane,  Rev.  Francis 
39,  Davis,  Hezekiah 
50;Davison,  Daniel 
67| Davison,  Geoige 
92; Davison,  Chester 

93  Davison,  Christopher   100 

94  Denison, 32 

94  Denisou,  Lucius  IL  99 
73:Dimock,  Elijah  48 

45  Doggett.  Rev.  Thomas   82 

,  84jDom,  William  B.  82 

84  Dunham,  Franklin  22 
60  Dunham,  Dan  39 

90  Dunham, 39 

33  Dunham,  Ebenezer  48 
43  Dunham,  Jonathan  53 
92iDunham,  .James  84 

28, Dunham,  Jabez  84 

60  Dyer,  Col.  Thom.is  61 
90  Eaton,  Chauncey  89 

23  Edgerton,  Ju.stin  /53,  77 
28  Edgerton,  Abel  71 

32  Edwards,  J.  0.  S3 

38,Elderkin,  John  34 

73  Estabrook.  Samuel  47 
57  Farnham,  Thomas  29 

65  Farnham,  Fuller  L,  38 
35  Farnham,  Manasseh  97 
47  Farnham,  Asa  100 


PAOK  PAOK 

104  Far  well,  John'  73 

23  Fenton,  Elijah  A.  57 

36  Fessenden,  Rev.  S.  C.  24 

38  Field,  Capt.  John  40 

67  Field,  Daniel  40 

78  Field,  Amos  72 

95  Fish,  Aaron  61 

98  Fitch,  Lucius  23 

84'Fit^h.  Huntington  24 

62  Fitch,  Col.  E.  S.  30 

85  Fitch,  Charles  60 

98  Fitch,  Rev.  Ebenezer  62 

72  Fitch,  Jeptha  75 

69  Fitch,  Dea.  Joseph  89 

18  Fitch,  Eleazer  91 

24'Fletcher,  John  43 

82:i'''lint,  Nathaniel      15,  10« 

85  Follett,  Benjamin,  Jr.  98 

85  Fowler,  John  18 

54  Fowler, 71 

45  Freeman,  Rev.  George  35 

78  Freeman,  Skiff  47 
32  Freeman,  Samuel  85 
66  French,  John  35i 
72  French,  James  72 
18  Frink,  Andrew,  Jr.  24 
18  Frink,  Jonathan  S.  42 
72  Fuller,  George  24 
58  Fuller,  Stephen  27,  100 
75,Gager,  Aaron  66 
34  Gager,  John  P.  67 
54  Gager,  William  S.  92 
60  Gardner,  Rowland  H,  89 

79  Grady,  John  G.  89 
53  Grady,  Frank  F.  89 
26  Gray,  John  72 

86  Greeley,  Phillip  15 
45,  52  Greenslit,  Ebenezer  29 

47  Greenwood,  Nathaniel  33 

69  Gritiin,  Ebenezer    28,  101 


Griggs.  John  45 

Griggs.  Nathan  80 

Griggs,  David  A.  80 

Grow,  Thomas  95 

Gurley,  Ebenezer  69 

Gur'eV,  Uriah  B.  78 

Hall,Josiah  20 

Hall,  Bethuel  44 

Hall,  Natlian  77 

Hall.  Theophilus  83 

Hall,  Richard  104 
Hanks,  Richard  White  83 
Hartshorn.  Andrew  20,  71 

Ua\  den,  John  40 

Hayues,  Elias  P,  87 

Haywood.  Thomas  40 

He  bard,  Nathaniel  20 

Hebard,  Andrew  F.  37 

Hebard,  Burnham  78 

Hebard.  Zebulon  91 

Hil)bavd,  Milo  M.  80 
Hitchcock,  Charles  H.    82 

Hodge,  Lemuel  &i 

Holland,  Benjamin  89 


110 


Holmes,  Elislia  II. 
Holt,  Joshua  Jr. 
Holt,  Charles  A, 

Hopkins, 

Hosmer,  Eleazer 

Hosmer, 

Houghton,  Amasa  H 

Hovey.  Samuel  S.  22 

Horey,  John  45 

HoTey,  Benjamin  68 
HoTcy,  Franklin  Storrs87 

Hovey,  David  93 

Hovey,  George  93 

Hovey,  James  93 

Howard,  John  Jr.  9-) 

Humphrey,  Samuel  45 

Hunt  John  Jr.  20 

Hunt.  Nathaniel  14 
Huntington, Eiiphalet    32 

Huntington.  Samuel  6^ 

Huntington  Jonas  72 

Huntington,  Rufus  93 

Huntington,  William  93 
Huntington, Henry  Esq  99 
Huntington.  Thomas  103 
Huntington,Thomas2d  104 

Hurlbut,  Elijah  61 

Hnrlbut,  William  89 

Ingalls,  Joseph  27 

Ingalls,  Marvin  29 

Ingalls,  Peter  45 

Jacobs,  Frank  81 


32  Lathrop,  Icbabod 
27JLathrop,  William 
96iLeflingwell,  Henry 
76  Lincoln,  Jonah,  Sen, 
43  Liincolu,  Levi   J. 
48  Lincoln,  George 
86l  Lincoln,  Nathaniel     ■ 


Lincoln,  Samuel  Jr 
Lincoln,  Samuel  A. 
Lincoln,  Allen 
Lincoln,  Royal 
Lippincott,  L  K. 
Litchfield,  Asa 
Litchfield,  Josiah 
Loomis,  Alonzo 

Louniis, 

Lord,  llezekiah 
Lothrop,  Benjamin  Jr. 
Lothrou,  Benjamin 
Lyon,  Marvin 
Lyon,  Asa 
Maine,  John 
.Vlanley,  John 
Manning,  Cyrus 
Marcy,  Aiplieus 
Marsh,  Elihu 
Marsh,  Joseph 
Martin,  Erastus 
Martin,  Chaplin 
Martin, 


TXatr  ^        PAOB 

66;  Palmer,  Nathan,  Jr.       76 
98'Parker,  Samuel  2d  52 

SeiParlver,  Nathan  53 

21, Pease,  James  13 

38'Perkins,  John       58,  66  78 
46|Perkins.  Nathaniel.         72 
49  Perkins,  Apollos 
49'Phelps,  Joseph 
79  Plumbley,  Isaac 
96  Pond,  Enoch  Jr. 
99lPorter,  John 
P7iPorter,  Thomas 
46'Porter.  David 
66  Preston.  Samuel 

38iPreston, 

46  Pre.ston.  Rev.  Willard 
erPutnam,  Stillman 
,  61  jRand.iU,  Robinson 
66jReade,  Daniel 
46  Redway,  George 

77  j  Reed, 

84|Rider,  Charles  D. 
43|Riuge,  Freeman 
66  Riiisom,  Robert 
76  Ripley,  diaries 
18'Ripley.  Zephaniah 
94|Ripley,  William 
45; Ripley,  Joshua  Jr. 
46  Robertson,  Daniel 
46!Robiuson,  Reuben 
97iRobbiiis,  Lemuel 


Messenger,  Return 

Moseley   Rev.  Samuel  103|Root,  Jolm 
Jennings,  Jonathan  14,  nJMcCall,  Elijali  43|Ross,  Abel 

Jennings ,  John  59|McCall,  Eleazcr  43!Roundy, 

Jennings,  Capt.  Joseph  66  McClellan,  Gen.  Samuell9  Rouse, 'John 
Jennings.  Ebenezer      lOOlMcDonald.  Michael         82  Royce,  James 
Johnson,Gen.  Jedediali2-2lMcGonty,  Capt  John     23  Ru^ ce.  Phillip 
Johnson,  James  M.         24'McKinster.  Clark 
Johnson,  William  V.     73  McKinster.  Zahuon 

8y[Mitchell,  Abraham 

60;  Moore, 

13, Moore,  William 

13  Moore,  Joshua 

95|Morse,  Benjamin 

66jMorse,  Nelson 

66JMorse,  Nathan 

67jMoulton.  James 

91  Norton,  Edward 


Johnson,  Joseph 
Kenyon,  Henry 

KiUam, 

Kimball,  Richard 
King,  Samuel 
Kingsley,  Adonijah 
Kingsley,  Elisha 
KiHgsley,  Luther 
Kingsley,  John 
Kingsley.  Eldad 

Kingsley, 

Kingsman,  Henry 
Kingsman,  John 
Kinney,  Elisha 
Kinney,  Coggswell 
Kirtland,  Hon.  Joseph  62 
Kisley.  Frederick  L.  29 
Knowlton,  Jolin  84 

Knox,  Dorrance  29 

Ladd, 53 

Larkham.  Daniel  K.       60 
Lamphear,  Chester  73 

Lftthrop,  Abner  23 

Lathrop,  Seth  28 

Lathrop,  Roswell  64 


Ogsbury,  Francis 
Ormsby,  Jonathan 
Ormsby,  Joseph 
Ormsby,  Leonard 
Ormsby,  Orrin 
Ormsby,  Marvin 
Osborn,  William 
Packard,  David 
Paddock,  Seth 
Pain,  Janios 
Page,  James 
Palue,  Joseph 
Paine,  Stepiien 
Palmer,  Samuel 
Palmer,  Nathaniel 
Palmer,  Nathan 


72  Sabiii.  Daniel 

73  Sailord,  B>-iijamin 

17  Salford,  J'lpaphras 
23  Sargent,  bauaiel 
31|Sai-gent,  l^aac 
52  Sessions  Leonard 
36  Sliallies,  Francis 

92  Shew,  Miiton 

93  Six um way. 

84 .-  iinons,  Jonatlian 
99  Simons  Joshua 
82  Simons.  Arad 

18  Slate.  William 
18  Smith,  Uriah 
46  Smith,  Matthew 
9SSmitii,  Charles 
98  Smith,  Joshua 
84'Smith,  Ait'rrd 
40|Smith,  lihabod 
43JSmith,  Elisha 
28!Smith.  Solomon 
60  Smith.  Oliver 
65  SiK'll.  Thomas 
9o'Snow,  William 
ISJSnow.  Albert 
76!Southwcrtli,  Samuel 
75  Southworth,  Joseph 


73 
2T 
84 
46 
43 
52 
76 
28 
50 
67 
56 
99 
84 
99 

102 
87 
77 
92 
17 
22 
39 
61 
63 
Si 
91 
44 
45 
91 
59 
43 
84 
15 
46 
92 
'il 
71 
21 
89 
47 

48 

31 
52 

104 
17 

21 

24 

26 

32 

32 

37 

45 

94    . 

98 
100 

4« 

87 

47 

75 


in 


Hpaffonl,  Marvin 
Kpatford,  Moses 
Spalding.  Simeon 
Spencer.  David 
Spencer,  Ichabod 
Spencer,  Joseph  B. 
Spragne,  John 
Standish,  Josiah 
Stark,  Geo.  W. 
Stearn.s,  Oliver 
Stevens.  Ephraiui 
Stepliens.  Nathan 
Storrs,  Augustus 
Storrs,  Samuel 
Storrs,  Jehiel 
Storrs.  Charles,  G. 
Storrs.  Steduian    W. 
Storrs,  Experience 
Stoughton,  Daniel 
Stowell,  Edson 
Stowell,  Warner 
Studley.  Daniel 
Swain,  lie  v.  Dr. 
Sweatlanil,  .Joseph. 
Swift,  Thomas,  Jr, 
Taintor.  Charles 
Tarbox,  Asaliel 
Thom|>son,  Samuel  D. 
Thompson,  Henry  C. 
Thompson,  Cliarfe-  Jr 
Thompson.  Levi 
Titfany,  David  W. 
TLsdale,  Ephraim 
Tobey,  Charles  C. 
Tracy, 


23  Trncy,  John 
97;  Tripp,  Samuel 
32i Turner,  Prince 
46  Turner,  Phineaa 
5f)  Turner,  Selah 
80  Turner,  Melancthon 
62iTurner,  Phillip,  Jr. 
33  Turner,  Phillip 
38|Tyler,  P.  P. 
76:Utley,  Samuel 
27|Utley,  Cul.  Joseph 
27JVinal,  John 
22'Viual,  Stephen 
30!Vint'n,  Dea.  David 
43  VValcott,  Henry  S. 
75  Wales,  Eli.slia 
79  Wales,  Johnathan 
104  Waldo    Shubael 
61  [Walker,  Milton 
49  Walter,  Kev.  John  H 
75  Walton.  Joseph 
90  Ward,  Jesse 
35  Warner.  Joseph 
6-2  Warner,  Elisha 
75  Waterman,  liev. 
22  Weaver.  John  K 
71  Webb,  Joshua 
25' Webb,  Capt.  Nathaniel  20 
•25  Webb,  El'-azer  60 

54  Webb,  Abner  66 

90  Webster. 56 

84  Welch,  Thoxnas  15 

56  Welch,  John  15 

81  Welch,  Moses  C.  44 

34  Welch,  Lucius  60 


PAOBi 

80  Welch,  Jonathan  A. 
99 [West,  Joseph 
39  Wheeler, — 


TACl  M 

67 
59 
63 
23 
26 
25 
93 
81 
87 


Whipple,  Elisha 

Wliite,  Lester 

White,  Henry 

White,  Peregrine 

Whitney,  Asa  W. 

67jWhitner,  Edwin 

27:Willard,Rev.  Samuel  G.79 

28jWilliams,  MerrittB.  37 

66  Williams,  Henry  66 

65,  Williams,  Solomon  W.  67 

86  Williams,  Ralph  78 

25,  Willis,  John  36 

16[  Willis,  William  95 

19  56!Wilson,  Jesse  57 

33;  Wilson,  Isaac  S.  60 

46  (Witter,  Dr.  William  7S» 

36[Witter,  Ebenezer  92 

SejWood,  Samuel  18 

16  Wood,  Augustus  36 

Wood, 63 

Woodburne,  Dr.  Allen  82 

Woodhouse,  Donald  99 

Woodward,  Joseph  25 

Woodward,  Amos  94 

Woodworth,  John  42 

Woodworth,  Ichabod  91 
Woodworth,  Simeon    104 

Work,  Asa  B.  73 

Wright,  Stedman  76 

Yeomans, 84 

Young,  David  22 


32 
65 
Elijah  22 
57 
16 


INDEX  TO  OTHER  NAMES  MENTIONED. 


Abdy,  Matthew  9 

Adams,  Caleli  21 

Adams.  Phineas  29 

Alby.  Benjamin  9 

Allen,  James  51 

AUerton.  Mead  103 

Ames.  Rev.  Bern  ice  D.  39 
Aiues.  Nathaniel  40 

Ames.  Hon.  Fisher  40 

Andre  ws.Kev.(William)24 
Andros.  (Sir  Edmond)  12 
Appleton.  Samnel  11 

Appleton,  John  13 

Appleton.  Major  26 

A-ihley,  Rev.  Jonathan  44 
At  wood  Rer.  Anson  48! 
Averill.  Perry  60 

Badger,  (ieorge  E.      20,  64' 
Badger,  Hon.  Samuel     27 
Jiadger.  Hon.  Josepli  Jr.(>.'i' 
Badgttr.fGov.)  William  6.3  j 
Barrovcs.  Arad  74  j 

Baiis,  Rev.  Benjamin  90 
Ba.'js.  J.  Lawr«uc«  90 


r;lGK. 

Bingham,  Tlios.  sen  14  68 
Bingham.  Samuel  66 

Blomelield.  Francis  10 
Brown,  Harry  55 

Buckingham,  Thomas  54 
Buckingham.  Daniel  54 
Cates(j"ohn)  15,31 

Cliaplin,  Dea.  (Benj.)  19 
Chester,  Rev.  Dr.  Joh  .24 ^ 
Clap  Rev.  Thomas  15i 
Clark,  Jonathan  661 

Coiiant.  Lieut.  ExerciseHJ 
Conant.  Roger  31 

Crane,  Dea.  Millen  24 j 

Crane.  Ensign  Jonathan68; 
Crane,  Jesse  82 1 

Dunton,  Samuel  59| 

Durkee,  (Capt.)RobertlOl 
Dver,  Col.  Elijihalet  61 
Eiderkin,  Alfred  62 

Fessenden,  llon.S.  C.  9  24 
Fesseiiden,  Senator  24 
Fessenden,  Mrs.  S.  C.  10 
Fibk,  Thomas,  sen.         11 


rxtm 
Fisk.  Martha  11 

Fitch,  John  44 

Fowler,  Josepli  13 

Goldsmith.Rich'd  11,12,14 
Goodell.  John  60 

Grosvenor,  Godfrey  24 
Hall,  Gardner  77 

Hebard,  Robert,  sen.  14 
Hebard,  Hon.  Learned  20 
Hinman,  (Hon.  R,  R.)  17 
Howard,  Benjamin  17 
Huntington,  Dr.  Jon'n  43 
Hutchinson,  Samuel  31 
Hutton,  Richard  13 

Kilham,  Lot  17 

King,  Brother  10 

Kingsbury. Joseph  45 

Kirtland.  Charles  P.  62 
Kirtland,  Mrs.  (C.  M.)  62 
Larrabee,  (John)  14 

Lasell,  Joshua  66 

Lathrop,  Elder  Benj.  98 
Lees,  Mother  Ann  19 

Lillie,  GeorgQ  .51 


112 


Luicoln,  Nathaniel  fid  49 
Lothrop.  Benjamin  31 
Mather,  Increase  12 

Mason,  Capt.  John  51,  64 
McClellan,  Doct.  Geo.  19 
McClellan,  Gen.  Geo.B.  19 
Miner,  101 

Otis,  Amos,  Esq.  65 

Palmer,  Elder  John  36 
Peck,  Hon.  P.  B.  19 

Pearce.  Hon.  Stewart  lOl 
Polk,  Pr6sident(Jas.K.)102 
Potter,  Niles  61 

Ransom,  Samuel  101; 

Reed,  John,  sen.  14 

Ripley,  Joshna  14 


r  fancis     jj 


JHDtx. 


Riplej,  Jeremiah  16  Wainwrig): 

Rooinson,  Rev.  John     66  Washingtoii,Gen.(Geo)10| 
Russ,  Lewis  61  Waterman,  Rev.  Elijah  2| 

Savage,  (Hon.Jas.)l  1,31,74  Waterman,Rev.  Thos.T.jj 
Seccombe.  Rev.  John      9  Webb.  Samuel  jj 

Simons,  R.  (Robert)  94  Webb,  Sheriff  Henry  20 
17  Welch,  Rev.  Moses  C.  44 
83  Wetherell,  Daniel  so 

92  Williams,  Hon.  Elisha  24 


Stimpson,  James 

Storrs,  Ralph 

.Sumner,  Doct 

Swilt,  Judge  (Zeph'h)   64  Williams,  Rev.Williain44 


Taintor.  Charles 
Turner,  C.  W. 
Uncas,  Joshua 
Walden,  Joseph 
Waldron,  Edward 
Waldron,  Nathaniel 


61  White.  Rev,  Stephen  ig 
39  White,  Zachariah  17 

68  Woodbridge.  Mr.  <n 

34  Witter,  Dr.  William  20.3» 
10  Youna;,  Gen.  David  ^ 
13 


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